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especially noteworthy have been three massive waves of voluntary international migration that reconfigured the population: (1) in the 1840s and 1850s, (2) from the late 1890s to World War I, and (3) in recent decades, dating from changes in
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“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“Splendour in the Grass
What though the radiance
which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass,
of glory in the flower,
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.
--”
―
What though the radiance
which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass,
of glory in the flower,
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.
--”
―
Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mark’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
660 books
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127 friends
15 books
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218 books
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27 friends
50 books
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14 friends
9 books
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146 friends
366 books
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40 friends
31 books
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5 friends
3 books
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98 friends
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