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"Top five books ever written... if you care to understand a thing about human civilization, travel, immigration, commerce, and conquest, that is. Standage has one of the most refreshing voices and well covers a subject that is so familiar to people that they haven't a clue how little they truly know about it. Guilt as charged, too... :)" — Dec 02, 2014 03:19AM
"Top five books ever written... if you care to understand a thing about human civilization, travel, immigration, commerce, and conquest, that is. Standage has one of the most refreshing voices and well covers a subject that is so familiar to people that they haven't a clue how little they truly know about it. Guilt as charged, too... :)" — Dec 02, 2014 03:19AM
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"Gave the book to one of my clients on a tour I was leading in France. Must buy another one. Reading the food one now." — Dec 02, 2014 03:16AM
"Gave the book to one of my clients on a tour I was leading in France. Must buy another one. Reading the food one now." — Dec 02, 2014 03:16AM
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"America is one year away from its entry into WWI, one hundred short years ago.
I cannot recommend this book enough for anyone wanting to get a glimpse into the American experience of that conflict. The timing couldn't be better, either, as countries seem to be pulling at the seams... and a lot of different views on patriotism are floating around.
This is a superb read, built on the diaries of five gallant men." — Aug 30, 2016 04:04PM
"America is one year away from its entry into WWI, one hundred short years ago.
I cannot recommend this book enough for anyone wanting to get a glimpse into the American experience of that conflict. The timing couldn't be better, either, as countries seem to be pulling at the seams... and a lot of different views on patriotism are floating around.
This is a superb read, built on the diaries of five gallant men." — Aug 30, 2016 04:04PM
“Feminism, which is supposedly for everybody, apparently has no place for conservative women. Why would feminists need to exclude entire swaths of the population? Because they know their ideology cannot stand up to challenges, they know they themselves do not understand it, and they know that to accomplish their goals they cannot allow discussion to occur....To pretend that your ideology is impenetrable and the obvious answer to modern social problems and then to turn around and exclude people from the discussion only creates more holes in the theories themselves and serves to demonstrate the liberal superiority complex.”
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“If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among them, as they do now, there never could have been one believer in the doctrine of inspiration. If the writers of the various parts of the bible had known as much about the sciences as is now known by every intelligent man, the book never could have been written. It was produced by ignorance, and has been believed and defended by its author. It has lost power in the proportion that man has gained knowledge. A few years ago, this book was appealed to in the settlement of all scientific questions; but now, even the clergy confess that in such matters, it has ceased to speak with the voice of authority. For the establishment of facts, the word of man is now considered far better than the word of God. In the world of science, Jehovah was superseded by Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler. All that God told Moses, admitting the entire account to be true, is dust and ashes compared to the discoveries of Descartes, Laplace, and Humboldt. In matters of fact, the bible has ceased to be regarded as a standard. Science has succeeded in breaking the chains of theology. A few years ago, Science endeavored to show that it was not inconsistent with the bible. The tables have been turned, and now, Religion is endeavoring to prove that the bible is not inconsistent with Science. The standard has been changed.”
― Some Mistakes of Moses
― Some Mistakes of Moses
“I reckon that blaming people fixes nothing. You're the only person who is going to sort you out. No-one else really can - or really cares, enough. That's what Nepalis know - better than anyone. That's our Western disease. Don't take responsibility. Take on a lawyer!”
― Snowfed Waters
― Snowfed Waters
“Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.”
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