The former post was off topic and was thus removed as it was a violation of our
Great Books & Classics spirit. We are migrating to
registration-only forums at href=http://jollyrogerwest.com>jollyrogerwest.com Great Books forums,
Philosophy Forums,
and booksliterature.com Great Books forums.

Please respect that these are Great Books sites, and we prefer posts along the following
lines:

Knowledge: St. Augustine Quotes
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my
contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the
spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be
done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all
this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds
than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing
under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. --Albert Einstein

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for
the future.
Ronald Reagan

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but, until they speak to the imagination, not yet
beautiful.