“May the bells of 2023 ring out the darkness of our land and ring in a new and gleaming light on our country and its people.” Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,The flying cloud, the frosty light:The year is dying in the night;Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the …
The avoidance of famine I suggest you reflect on the clearing of your debts and the avoidance of famine. First, a household… . The utilities in the house must all be got ready, lest you ask another, and he refuse, and you be lacking, and the right time go past, and your cultivation suffer. Do …
Reading: I am just starting The Story of Paradise Lost for Children (Eliza Weaver Bradburn, 1830). My copy is an incredibly poorly digitized reprint published by Sagan Press. The back blurb spit out the “The work has been selected by scholars… part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.” Why scholars? I …
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It’s in this classic old cookbook that we find The Creeds. The Meal Planner’s Creed The health of my family is in my care, therefore–I will spare no effort in planning the right kinds of food in the right amounts. Spending the food dollar for maximum value is my job, therefore–I will choose from variously …
In dealing with cunning persons, we must ever consider their ends to interpret their speeches, and it is good to say little unto them, and that which they least look for. From Francis Bacon’s tenth essay– the last in the first edition– “Of Negotiating” (1597) The essays or Counsels, civil and moral of Francis Bacon …
I have several projects to attend to so I’m going to put the Pocket University Guide to Daily Reading on hold. Instead, for my daily feature, I’m going to walk to a bookshelf and semi-randomly choose an old book. The Southern Living Party Cookbook is a classic. I wish it had more photographs, though. I …
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McGuffey’s Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader with Rules for Reading and Exercises in Articulation, Defining, Etc. William H. McGuffey. Winthrop B. Smith & Co., Cincinnati. 1853. Look at how many entries are from The Bible. I count twelve. Read down through the selections. Why, it’s as if Wm. H. McGuffey, Doctor of Laws, was trying …
Philobiblon Books These are the masters who instruct uswithout rods and ferules,without hard words and anger,without clothes or money. If you approach them they are not asleep;if investigating you interrogate themthey conceal nothing;if you mistake them, they never grumble;if you are ignorant they cannot laugh at you. The library of wisdom, therefore,is more precious than …
from Library Guide for the Chemist by Bryon A. Soule (“Physical Chemistry and Physical Constraints,” p185, 1938) This is true– and not just for chemistry. Trust me. I know. I have read it in more than one book. Note. Originally posted to Bigfoodetc.com December 4, 2015.
