Pride Is unsociable to vices among other things; and as poison by poison, so not a few vices are expelled by pride. (Bacon, De Aug., Bk. VI. Antitheta). Pride will have a fall. (Bacon, Promus 952). Icarus,...
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Celestial bodies are most often named after Greek and Roman gods, but Mount Olympus only has so many residents. So what is an astronomer to do when he or she discovers something new out in the void of space? The answer lies not off the coast of the Aegean, but in the South...
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A Francis Bacon painting, "Triptych, 1976" set a world record for a contemporary art auction, when it sold for more than $86 milllion at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday. "A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon broke a record for contemporary art auctions...
Once upon a time, a mermaid troubled the waters of Beaufort, South Carolina. Jason Ryan (“City Council Delays Decision on Waterfront Park Art,” The Beaufort Gazette, January 18, 2006) wrote that...
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based from the Article in www.Greek-photos.com Such was the importance of
sailing and fishing that fish was a major part of the local diet. Fish,
shellfish, squid and eels were consumed in near any manner possible.
The richer families may extend their diet to...
A documentary is underway to disprove the bible and the existance of Jesus Christ. Perhaps it is all a myth, perhaps if found true, this may also disprove Jesus's other religious imaginary friends such...
"It’s the birthday of Joseph Campbell, born in New York City (1904). He saw Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Riders as a child and decided to learn everything there was to know about Indians. He read his way through the children’s room at his local library by the...
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