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Entries from June 27th, 2007
View from Anouk’sJune 24th, 2007, 10 Comments
Anouk left Hobson House and last night she cooked us dinner. This is the view from her house.
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Quotes from Lincoln & WashingtonJune 23rd, 2007, 3 Comments
Abraham Lincoln, on President Polk and the war he waged against Mexico:
“Trusting to escape scrutiny, by fixing the public gaze upon the exceeding brightness of military glory – that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood – that serpent’s eye, that charms to destroy – he plunged into war.”
George Washington, on the war with England and his responsibilities as General:
“I shall constantly bear in mind that as the sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first to be laid aside when those liberties are firmly established.”
I wish more presidents were writers.
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Ain’t no sunshine when he’s goneJune 21st, 2007, 2 Comments
Religion! Why do you insist on ruling our lives? I had this conversation last night:
“I’m Catholic. What are you?”
“Nothing, I’m not religious,” I said.
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Paekakariki HillJune 17th, 2007, 5 Comments
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