French novelist Louise-Ferdinand Celine was born on this day in 1894. In Journey to the End of the Night, he wrote:
"For the poor of this world, two major ways of expiring are available: either by the absolute indifference of your fellow men in peace time, or by the homicidal passion of these same when war breaks out."
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
A dream deferred
Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Earl Ray on this day in 1968.
“But so it is, that there is a secret affinity, a hankering after, evil in the human mind…that takes a perverse delight in mischief, since it is a never-failing source of satisfaction.
"Pure good soon grows insipid…Pain is a bitter-sweet, which never surfeits. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust: Hatred alone is immortal.
"…the greatest possible good of each individual consists in doing all the mischief he can to his neighbor.” – William Hazlitt.
For more on the death of King, visit Farewells
“But so it is, that there is a secret affinity, a hankering after, evil in the human mind…that takes a perverse delight in mischief, since it is a never-failing source of satisfaction.
"Pure good soon grows insipid…Pain is a bitter-sweet, which never surfeits. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust: Hatred alone is immortal.
"…the greatest possible good of each individual consists in doing all the mischief he can to his neighbor.” – William Hazlitt.
For more on the death of King, visit Farewells
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