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Part I
The Library of Congress
Today in History, April 20:
"American sculptor Daniel Chester French was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on April 20, 1850. His colossal seated figure of Abraham Lincoln presides over the Lincoln Memorial. Reared in Cambridge and Concord, Massachusetts, he was embraced by members of the Transcendentalist community including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Author and fellow Concord resident Louisa May Alcott encouraged young French to pursue a career as an artist. Louisa's sister, artist May Alcott, was his early teacher. French studied in Boston and New York prior to receiving his first commission for the 1875 statue The Minute Man.
Standing near the North Bridge in Concord, in the Minute Man National
Historical Park, this work commemorates events at the North Bridge, the
site of 'the shot heard 'round the world.' An American icon, images
derivative of The Minute Man statue appeared on defense bonds, stamps, and posters during World War II." |
Saturday, April 14, 2007 4:30 AM The Sun Also Sets, or...
This Way to
the Egress
Continued from April 12:
"I have only come here
seeking knowledge,
Things they would not
teach me of in college...."
-- Synchronicity lyrics
Quoted in Log24,
Time's Labyrinth continued:
"The
sacred axe was used to kill the King. The ritual had been the same
since the beginning of time. The game of chess was merely a
reenactment. Why hadn't I recognized it before?"
-- Katherine Neville,
The Eight,
Ballantine reprint, 1990,
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"Know the one about
the Demiurge and the
Abridgment of Hope?"
-- Robert Stone,
A Flag for Sunrise,
Knopf, 1981,
the final page
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