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The 1919 constitution of the Weimar Republic created a state-of-the-art modern democracy, with a scrupulously just proportional electoral system and protection for individual rights and freedoms, expressly including the equality of men and
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“Man must master his circumstances or otherwise be mastered by them”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Most people don't realize how sophisticated pool tables are. Yes, tables have bolts and staples on the rails but these suckers hold together mostly by gravity and by the precision of their construction. If you treat a good table right it will outlast you. Believe me. Cathedrals are built like that. There are Incan roads in the Andes that even today you couldn't work a knife between two of the cobblestones. The sewers that the Romans built in Bath were so good that they weren't replaced until the 1950's. That's the sort of thing that I can believe in.”
― Drown
― Drown
Ronald’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ronald’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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47 friends
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221 books
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167 books
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179 books
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245 books
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321 books
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164 friends
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