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"‘It was the jealousy of laboring men of other nationalities—especially the Irish—that raised all the outcry against the Chinese,’ Lee later wrote. ‘No one would hire an Irishman, German, Englishman or Italian when he could get a Chinese, because our countrymen are so much more honest, industrious, steady, sober and painstaking. Chinese were persecuted, not for their vices, but for their virtues.’" — 3 hours, 55 min ago
"‘It was the jealousy of laboring men of other nationalities—especially the Irish—that raised all the outcry against the Chinese,’ Lee later wrote. ‘No one would hire an Irishman, German, Englishman or Italian when he could get a Chinese, because our countrymen are so much more honest, industrious, steady, sober and painstaking. Chinese were persecuted, not for their vices, but for their virtues.’" — 3 hours, 55 min ago
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I don't think I've ever written a review of a book after reading only half of it. I was drawn to it a few years ago by an intriguing review, purchased it right away, and have let it sit until deciding to begin my reading year with it.This is an intro ...more "
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"If you consider Spinoza in isolation, for instance, you will admire him as a self-effacing genius; but if you look at him historically you will see that he was destined to fail…History shows, in short, that every school of philosophy starts from a notion of the mind as a ‘mirror’, and ends by coming to grief." — Jan 21, 2026 06:59AM
"If you consider Spinoza in isolation, for instance, you will admire him as a self-effacing genius; but if you look at him historically you will see that he was destined to fail…History shows, in short, that every school of philosophy starts from a notion of the mind as a ‘mirror’, and ends by coming to grief." — Jan 21, 2026 06:59AM
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Carl von Ossietzky wrote for and edited Die Weltbühne, the most prominent left-wing political and cultural periodical opposed to the Nazis. He was prosecuted by pre-Nazi, right-leaning governments for publishing public records about the illegal build
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