February 2011
2 posts
Rudd letter to Kirk
April 22, 1968
An Open Letter to President Kirk from Student [Mark Rudd]
Our young people, in disturbing numbers, appear to reject all forms of authority, from whatever source derived, and they have taken refuge in a turbulent and inchoate nihilism whose sole objectives are destruction. I know of no time in our history when the gap between the generations has been wider or more potentially...
January 2011
9 posts
mecarney:
“But what we can’t do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on one another. As we discuss these issues, let each of us do so with a good dose of humility. Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy, and remind ourselves of all the...
June 2010
7 posts
“We cannot dedicate - we cannot
consecrate - we cannot hallow this ground.
The...”
– Abraham Lincoln: concerning the grounds of Gettysburg
“When the weather is good we gather the stone ourselves out of the fields. What...”
– Act I, the Stonemason; Cormac McCarthy
May 2010
11 posts
“Yankee the turtle crawled out from under the couch and stretched his snake neck....”
– The Maytrees; Annie Dillard
“Another Sunday morning comes
And I resume the standing Sabbath
Of the woods,...”
– Wendall Berry - A Timbered Choir (1979, II)
Maxistentialism: Commencement Address by David... →
Maxistentialism: Commencement Address by David... →
scout:
I’m posting this (again). It’s been on my mind, especially since our own graduation speaker was, to say the least, underwhelming. If you haven’t read this, I can’t recommend it highly enough - these are the values that I try to live by.
There are these two young fish swimming along, and they…
pretty underwhelming, yeah. do read this.
April 2010
10 posts
“it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s...”
– Heart of Darkness; Joseph Conrad
“Plainview: Are you an angry man, Henry?
Henry Brands: About what?
Plainview:...”
– There Will Be Blood
“The Great Western Plains
The little voices of the prairie dogs
Are tireless...”
– Written by: Hart Crane
March 2010
14 posts
“THE DINNER
I invited Mozart to dinner
on condition he didn’t
embarrass me....”
– Gregory Orr (via thesemightysecrets)
“DOMAIN: (Solemnly) And then, Miss Glory, old Rossum wrote the
following day...”
– R.U.R.
“There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words;...”
– Natalie Clifford Barney (via virginiawoolf) (via fatehpursikri) (via casinegro)
