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“And those who were laid at rest Oh! Hallowed be each name; Their memories are forever blest – Consigned to endless fame.” -Robert Emmet watercolor on ivory miniature portrait by John Comerford of Robert Emmet during his trial, 1803 Read More …
“Poor pilgrims blithe and jolly, in penance for past folly.” -Seceders in limbo -Vagabonds made useful. 1798 etching Hemp: The Prison Pounding As I’ve discussed in my earlier story ‘The Poor House’ (link to the story here ), many institutions Read More …
“The ship was moor’d—the oars were plied— The boats moved on athwart the tide, And steered their course direct to land, Well fraught with goods, though contraband. The landsmen gathered there in swarms, Receiv’d the same with open arms; And, Read More …
‘The spontaneous growth of bhang in the public gardens’, Amritsar, India April 23, 1894 Photograph from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895’
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw Lord Walter Rothschild with his zebra coach Read More …
“Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.” – Marcus Aurelius Nathan Redwood, Carried Away, 2008 Forever Blowing Bubbles This tune always reminds me of smoking your Read More …
“You didn’t run, you didn’t hide And had you gone, you knew in time We’d meet again for I had told you Ooh, you were meant to be near me Ooh, and I want you to hear me Say we’ll Read More …
Winston Churchhill – December 1942 – oh he knew… Two Finger Salute First use of the Two Finger Salute is said to go back to the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War in 1415. The French Read More …
“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. The checks he endeavors to give it, however warrantable by ancient usage, will, more than probably, kindle a flame, which may not be easily extinguished; tho’ for Read More …
“The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.” – Queen Victoria Queen Victoria by RafkinsWarning The English Patient In the middle of the 19th century, Queen Victoria had very Read More …