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What historic denouements are these we so rapidly approach? —Walt Whitman
I personally feel this way when I read the news and make a futile attempt to glimpse the long arc of history as it’s being made. What horrible and dreadful things we as a species are up to, andwhat crazy and wonderful thingstoo.
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
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“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.”
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
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“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Strenuous Life
― Strenuous Life
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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Isaac Smith’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Isaac Smith’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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90 friends
548 books
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312 books
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70 books
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32 books
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117 books
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