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Twenty Nine (29)

2017-05-25 · 1,876 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Twenty Nine (29) — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college. And yet there are those who love it!" – Daniel Webster, Oral argument befo
Twenty Nine (29) — pen and ink drawing

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"It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college. And yet there are those who love it!" – Daniel Webster, Oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States, March 10, 1818, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1918).

"Light became their favorite subject on account of its mathematical obediance and freedom of movement. They were more interested in the play of its colors, and thus they named after it their great enterprise, the Enlightenment." – Novalis, 'Christendom or Europe' (1799).

"Let us learn from the lips of death the lessons of life. Let us live truly while we live, live for what is true and good and lasting. And let the memory of our dead help us to do this. For they…

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