"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable."
- H. L. Mencken
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Today is the 100th birthday of Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. It's also the 54th anniversary of the first atomic explosion to be shown on live network television. Now we're supposed to feel afraid of the terra'sts, I suppose. John Adams seems to have been correct when he observed that "Fear is the foundation of most governments."
// posted by Erik @ 4/22/2004 08:48:00 AM
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Poison Dart Frog Auctions: buy and sell dart frogs.
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth: Extracted Textually from the Gospels Greek, Latin, French, and English
- Thomas Jefferson, 1804
Detail of The Penitent Magdalene, c. 1585,
El Greco
St. Martin and the Beggar, c. 1599,
El Greco
A virtual tour of the National Gallery of Art's El Greco collection.
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