En garde Paddy, Wop: "In poetry's gallery of diverse ways of thinking, diverse aspirations, and diverse desires, we come to know periods and nations far more intimately than we can through the misleading and pathetic method of studying their political and military history. From this latter kind of history, we rarely learn more about a people than how it was ruled and how it was wiped out. From its poetry, we learn about its way of thinking, its desires and wants, the ways it rejoiced, and the ways it was guided either by its principles or its inclinations." Johann Gottfried von Herder. Against Pure Reason.
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I hear there's a prison-guard opening at Julia Tutwiler State Prison for Women outside Wetumpka, AL. Shall I sign you up?
You can buy beer with it at Nanny's and tell hardship stories about the public school!
En garde Paddy, Wop: "In poetry's gallery of diverse ways of thinking, diverse aspirations, and diverse desires, we come to know periods and nations far more intimately than we can through the misleading and pathetic method of studying their political and military history. From this latter kind of history, we rarely learn more about a people than how it was ruled and how it was wiped out. From its poetry, we learn about its way of thinking, its desires and wants, the ways it rejoiced, and the ways it was guided either by its principles or its inclinations." Johann Gottfried von Herder. Against Pure Reason.
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