On this day in 1933 the twenty-first amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, repealing the eighteenth amendment which prohibited “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes.”
Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.
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| — | Howard Aiken |
This is an odd Christmas card, and unfortunately I can’t date it.
Cheerio!
Merrie Christmasse.Pikes Peak Summit House
A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
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| — | Anonymous |
Language of Flowers
Arbor Vitae—Unchanging Friendship.
Apple Blossom—My preference.
Alyssum—Worth above beauty.
Aspen Tree—Sorrow.
Blue Canterbury Bell—Fidelity.
China Pink—Hate.
Coreopsis—Love at first sight.
Dead Leaves—Heavy heart.
Forget-me-not—True love.
Geranium—Lost hope.
Hazel—Let up burry the hatchet.
Hawthorn—Hope.
Heliotrope—You are loved.
Ivy—Freindship.
Lily of the Valley—Happy again.
Linden Tree—Marriage.
Marigold—I am jealous.
Myrtle—Unalloyed affection.
Pansy—Think of me.
Pea—Meet me by moonlight.
Peach-Blossom—My heart is thine.
Phlox—Our souls are united.
Pink, red—Woman’s love.
Rose—Perfect beauty.
Rose-Bud—My heart knows no love.
Rose Geranium—You are preferred.
Sweet William—Let this be our last.
Tulip—Declare your love.
I do not feel obliged to beleive that the same God that has endowed us with sense, reason, and intelect has intended us to forgo their use.
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| — | Galileo Galilei |
Sapere Aude! [dare to know] “Have courage to use your own understanding!” — that is the motto of enlightenment.
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| — | Immanuel Kant, 1784 |
The Empire State Building
From the Cloverleaf American, July 1927
110-Story Skyscraper to Be World’s Highest
That construction of the 110-story Larkin tower in New York is ultimately to prove more than a vision was indicated by recent official approval of the building plans. Its 1,200 feet will make it the world’s tallest structure
Ohio State Reformatory (a.k.a. Mansfield Reformatory)
http://www.mrps.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_Reformatory
