1801 - The nineteenth century begins
1801 - The nineteenth century begins
--Kelly
...But if he wants to carry the cat that way, I say, "Let him!" It's not easy being eccentric.
Samuel Clemens' 70th birthday speech
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1803 -- ...~shrug~
Por una cabeza
Si ella me olvida
Qué importa perderme
Mil veces la vida
Para qué vivir
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"Americans should know the universe itself as a road, as many roads, as roads for traveling souls."
-Walt WhitmanThey have their worries, they’re counting the miles, they’re thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they’ll get there—and all the time they’ll get there anyway, you see.
-Jack Kerouac
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"Where mind meets matter, both should woo!"Currently reading:
* Paradise Lost by John Milton
1808 January 1 - Importation of slaves into the United States is banned; this is also the earliest day under the United States Constitution that an amendment could be made restricting slavery.
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
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"Where mind meets matter, both should woo!"Currently reading:
* Paradise Lost by John Milton
1810
:d
My mission in life is to make YOU smile
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"The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:
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1811 Births:
May 11 - Chang and Eng Bunker, siamese twins and sideshow performers.
June 14 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (d. 1896)
July 18 - William Makepeace Thackeray, British novelist (d. 1863)
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
1812!
Napoleon gets his @®$€ kicked out of Russia.
"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed." (Leo Tolstoy)
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Oh! life you'r but hell
Oh! hell you'r but in me
When I'v lost your love
I'm lost in an ocean of destiny