Tag: Atheism

The Savage Breast

Ben Greenblatt, popular piano stylist, has played for every kind of society party, but this week marked the first time that his audience consisted of monkeys. He ‘gave’ at the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens just to see how the…

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The Gentle Cynic

Maxims of Rochefoucauld: “Before we passionately wish for anything, we should examine into the happiness of its possessor.” “Were we perfectly acquainted with any object, we should never passionately desire it.” “It is easier to appear worthy of…

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Fast Friends

England and Portugal have been allies for 600 years: It is cordially agreed that if, in time to come, one of the kings or his heir shall need the support of the other, or his help, and in…

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