Emily Dickinson

“people are too damned dumb” | Horizon July 1961

I have only skimmed this but there are echos of C.P. Snow (and others) floating about. The main focus seems to be the shifts–beginning with Bacon–between the big picture and little picture of the world. This of course leads to the inevitable conclusion that “the haphazard scientific technology pursued without regard for its relevance to …

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The entire record… the least important thing | Guide to Daily Reading 12/10/22

Emily Dickinson was “called back” on this date in 1830. born on this date in 1830.* *hangs head in shame. how embarrassing. Daily readings: American Authors 1600-1900: A Biographical Dictionary of America Literature. Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft. The H.W. Wilson Company, New York. 1977. 1st 1938.

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