A Boat Against the Current

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Quote of the Day (John Dryden, on ‘Insensible’ Man)

“How dull, and how insensible a beast

Is man, who yet would lord it o'er the rest.” —John Dryden (pictured) and the Earl of Musgrave, Essay on Satire (1679)

MikeT at 2:51 AM

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MikeT: I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand

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