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I found this quote in my files tonight, thought I'd share it

It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior. So said the teachers of our childhood; and so say we to the children of the present day. All very judicious and proper, no doubt; but are such assertions supported by actual experience?
We are naturally disposed

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Fact
1. Something that actually exists; reality; truth:
Your fears have no basis in fact.
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Scientific fact
Any observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and accepted as true; any scientific observation that has not been refuted.
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Conjecture
1. The formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient ...

Ah, yes Jansch was very prolific. I realized this when I stumbled across his 15th album - one of my favorites. He had 15 or a couple more single albums, and he also produced a few with Pentangle, and several with Renbourn. . I am not familiar with all of his work, I have listened to maybe around half of it. (Not if you count all the performances, naturally). He came onto the music scene with a big hit, self-titled album. . a lot of short, catchy songs that are flawlessly executed, with an amazing ...

Peace be on you.
Believers are enjoined to keep their future in minds. For them this future is of two types; future in worldly life and future as life in Hereafter.


The future consciousness is mentioned with Taqwa [To live according to commandments of Allah] and with always remembering Him.


[ch 59: v 19] O ye who believe, exercise Taqwa (righteousness) of Allah, and let every soul look to what it sends forth for the tomorrow and exercise Taqwa ...

When I saw the article "Global warming slowdown: No systematic errors in climate models" (http://www.mpg.de/8925360/climate-ch...rming-slowdown pub. January 15, 2015) published by the Max Planck Institute, I knew that I had to reply, because there are major systematic errors in the models and in the assumptions behind the models. Regular scientists make hypotheses based on observations and they test the hypotheses to determine whether they fit the observations. If the hypotheses ...