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    I do just a little bit of yoga every day,...

    I do just a little bit of yoga every day, especially the breathing exercises but not much else. It's just too painful to do anything else darn it.
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    Poll: ^Good quote above. But what a remarkable...

    ^Good quote above. But what a remarkable contrast between the famous quality of mercy speech and the ill treatment accorded to poor Shylock. He sure could have used of that "mercy".
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    Speaking of the Dodgers, Sandy Koufax retired...

    Speaking of the Dodgers, Sandy Koufax retired because of arthritis in his arm. Same condition that ended my amateur pitching career. Am now in my 70s and may have to use a wheelchair in another year...
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    Most cowboy/western shows were what they used to...

    Most cowboy/western shows were what they used to call "action" shows where the highlight was a big fight at the end of the show. HGWT did often have a fight at the end, but the story was more about...
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    Poll: Actually I was here before: ...

    Actually I was here before: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?68499-Is-The-Merchant-of-Venice-anti-Semitic&p=1399857&viewfull=1#post1399857


    I believe the only cargo...
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    Poll: Viniculture and wine selling were also two...

    Viniculture and wine selling were also two principles industries among Jews of that era:


    https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jews-and-the-wine-and-liquor-trade



    There were also several...
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    Happy Easter

    https://www.swirlyworld.com/cdn/shop/products/10762-1950s-vintage-mid-century-modern-1950s-vintage-happy-Easter-greeting-cards-6.png?v=1646531770



    :):):)
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    Col Mulberry Sellers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs8K3P-DpDs


    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3179/3179-h/3179-h.htm#chap2


    Colonel Mulberry Sellers—this was some days before he wrote his letter to Lord...
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    Colonel Mulberry Sellers

    More than once I've been described as being exceedingly eccentric. That's OK since, after all, I'm originally from Brooklyn. So naturally, I'm attracted to characters who, like myself, are just a...
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    Shakespeare Is Alive & Well!

    https://brainly.com/question/44736896


    Shakespeare is alive and well in the U.S., with some 150 Shakespeare festivals around the country—30 in California alone.




    The statement that...
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    Bleak House

    Dickens was perhaps the greatest fiction writer of the modern era. I've read several of his works and find that his short fiction was rather under rated. His best novel and, indeed my favorite, is...
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    "Double Duty" Radcliffe ~ I have two autographs...

    "Double Duty" Radcliffe ~ I have two autographs of him. Met him twice (once in Chicago's Comiskey Park & another time in St Paul's MLK Center) and what a genuine nice guy he was!

    Bob Uecker ~ I...
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    My knowledge of history is every bit as good as...

    My knowledge of history is every bit as good as my knowledge of literature but I am not going to get much into this subject as that is not the scope of this forum or of the thread. Sad that you...
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    Dostoyevsky's St Petersburg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pgozvRaddE


    DOSTOEVSKY'S ST PETERSBURG | Crime and Punishment locations


    Miss Elena says, This video is about Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the part of St...
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    So many claim to worship the Prince of Peace....

    So many claim to worship the Prince of Peace. Ironically, it is an incontrovertible fact that more people have been killed in his name than for any other reason in human history.
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    Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle Started to...

    Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle


    Started to read it as a teen well back in the 1960s but couldn't stomach its contents. Mebbe some day as it is a very significant revelation about certain important...
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    Riis photos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDoBtHznukw



    Jacob Riis photos illustrate Maggie's frightening nether world.
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    O Henry's "Cop and the Anthem" (1904)

    The Cop and the Anthem


    https://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/the-cop-and-the-anthem


    Great irony in this little comedy story set in Gotham. But so memorable that it was...
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    The Poor Traveler: ...

    The Poor Traveler: http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/4391/


    This brief book dealt with the Christmas themes of forgiveness and redemption. The chief character stands as an "everyman", a...
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    What a great quote! This especially since Nation...

    What a great quote! This especially since Nation encountered Crane's widow a couple of years after his death:



    https://thecoastal.com/featured/grand-madam-jacksonville/

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    The Great Rascal ~ Ned Buntline

    https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R577TP/title-page-of-a-dime-novel-the-mysteries-and-miseries-of-new-york-new-york-1851-source-12703g281-author-buntline-ned-R577TP.jpg




    Ned Buntline was probably the...
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    Oh HELL!

    HELL is repeated so many times in the book that its symbolism here cannot possibly be misunderstood.

    When Maggie goes off with Peter, Mary refers to him as that "jude fellow". Evidently, being a...
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    Enjoyed 1984 and Homage to Catalonia. Mebbe some...

    Enjoyed 1984 and Homage to Catalonia. Mebbe some day soon I'll read Down ....

    I recommend London's People of the Abyss. That was an awesome book on the subject of urban poverty.
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    Jewish Question Revisited

    As with Dostoyevsky, historians and biographers agree that there was some degree of anti Semitism to Crane (however, there does not appear to be any historical evidence to show that he approved of...
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    Social Reform

    Indeed. Crane grew up in poverty and was very sympathetic towards the poor. He was looking for social reform just like Dickens who Bleak House brought about changes in chancery court. Those changes...
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