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April 07, 2023
Still working on Maggie's Farm?
"It's a shame the way she makes me sweep the floor..."
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Hesse on Good Friday
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
— Hermann Hesse, Demian, 1919
Posted by JD Hull at 10:48 AM | Comments (0)
Easter Rising 1916: 107 years ago in Dublin.
460 killed, 2600 wounded, 16 executions. The proclamation was read by Patrick Pearse outside the General Post Office in Dublin on Sackville Street (since 1924 O'Connell Street)--and the Rising began. It was modeled on a similar if less well-supported proclamation by Robert Emmet in 1803.
However, as one of our readers, Patrick J. Keeley, has pointed out:
The proclamation in 1916 was an actual declaration of a Republic. Emmet is more known for his speech from the dock when he spoke of Ireland one day taking its place (free) among nations of Earth. I don't think he ever actually proclaimed a Republic, he lead what in effect was a mob, sadly inebriated down Thomas Street in 1803. A noble effort and a tragic end to what would surely have been a brilliant legal career.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 12:39 AM | Comments (0)