We Kick the Bucket Then Climb the Golden Air
A Sun and Voice verse reflects on constant kicking in life from baby to adults. It traverses playful imagery of kicking actions across people and objects. The poem ends with a whimsical line about kicking until death and attempting lofty goals.
Perilous Global Cold and Heat Threats Warned in 19th Century Treatise
A Salt Lake Tribune excerpt laments extreme weather dangers as a form of human frailty and mass suffering. It warns that future temperature swings could devastate animal life, cause widespread hunger, and even threaten civilization, drawing on past cycles and the fragility of coal and food supplies.
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Shadows and Life Lose Pride in Nature’s Vast Power
In a fleeting moment all animal life perished leaving man to confront nature’s forces. The reflection awakens that human pride and self esteem shrink as understanding grows that life is fragile and time erodes all pursuits into shadows.
Not Generally Known From an English Oddities Page
A compendium of curious claims about England and beyond. It notes 25 percent of English women earning their own living, about 350 female blacksmiths, and express trains in Russia not exceeding 22 miles per hour. It cites life expectancy for married men, high unmarried rates, and that 49 percent fail in starting business. It remarks in Vienna doctors on smoking and diphtheria, and claims Lincolnshire speaks the purest English. December deaths peak in Britain each year.
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Brooks and the Angel Gabriel Face Nichols Visit
A Phillips Brooks anecdote shows the bishop breaking a sermon interruption to greet a New York stock broker classmate, explaining that Gabriel may be uncertain in the afterlife, but Nichols deserves attention in this world.
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Montaigne on Education and Curiosity
The essay argues Montaigne’s aim is character building and a lifelong desire to learn, not just exam success. It warns modern educators often fail by equating schooling with completion, citing two aphorisms about abridgment and the power of learning as a scepter versus a bauble.
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