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“Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.”
― A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
― A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
“Humboldt was the ‘greatest of the priesthood of nature’, Marsh said, because he had understood the world as an interplay between man and nature – a connection that would underpin Marsh’s own work because he was collecting material for a book that would explain how humankind was destroying the environment.”
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
“Bless the Maker and His water.
Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world.
May He keep the world for His people. ”
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Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world.
May He keep the world for His people. ”
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“Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king."
"Yes."
"Unorthodox.”
― Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
"Yes."
"Unorthodox.”
― Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
“Rosencrantz: Shouldn't we be doing something--constructive?
Guildenstern: What did you have in mind? ... A short, blunt human pyramid...?”
― Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Guildenstern: What did you have in mind? ... A short, blunt human pyramid...?”
― Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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