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Now think about artillery. Your Pattern 68 hurls a two hundredweight slab of rough-hewn asymmetrical rock up in the air at an angle of forty-five degrees, which science and experience have concluded is the optimum angle for distance.
Assuming air resistance is negligible
“But it's never wise to bet against any of the four horsemen long term. Their historical track record is horrifyingly good.”
― The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
― The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
“A fool pulls the leaves. A brute chops the trunk. A sage digs the roots. —LORN AU ARCOS”
― Iron Gold
― Iron Gold
“Only a fool takes pride in pretending that a skill he doesn’t possess is worthless.”
― Sharpe's Tiger
― Sharpe's Tiger
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Mine is a most peaceable disposition. My wishes are: a humble cottage with a thatched roof, but a good bed, good food, the freshest milk and butter, flowers before my window, and a few fine trees before my door; and if God wants to make my happiness complete, he will grant me the joy of seeing some six or seven of my enemies hanging from those trees. Before death I shall, moved in my heart, forgive them all the wrong they did me in their lifetime. One must, it is true, forgive one's enemies-- but not before they have been hanged.”
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Ryan’s 2025 Year in Books
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163 books
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