Thomas Huxley, a Liberal Education

Junior year in high school English class, we all had to memorize the following by Thomas Huxley


That man, I think, has had a liberal education who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order; ready, like a steam engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind; whose mind is stored with a knowledge of the great and fundamental truths of Nature and of the laws of her operations; one who, no stunted ascetic, is full of life and fire, but whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of Nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself.


Too bad DDIC never learned it, doesn't live by and probably wouldn't understand the meaning if he actually read it!

The Art of the Heist

We are in the midst of watching this documentary series.
Very interesting regarding the theft of so many of the world's greatest art works....

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum lost many priceless works of art, they were simply cut out of the frames.  Those who maintain the museum decided to leave the empty frames on the walls in hopes that someday the works would be returned.

"The Scream" by Edward Munch was stolen along with his "The Madonna" in broad daylight with visitors in the National Gallery in Oslo, Norway.  The paintings were eventually returned. The country spent over $6 million, to increase security - amazing detail on gaining access.

The Nazis stole art from museums, Jews and just about anyone else in Austria and Germany.  The Lady in Gold was one of the most famous - Maria, niece of the woman in the painting, sued the Austrian Government to regain possession of her family's stolen artwork - going to the United States Supreme Court - eventually the works were returned to her.

This documentary series is absolutely fascinating.  Hope you will consider watching it👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

DDIC continues to break the LAW

Trump resort revenue has gone up after presidential visits    Headline from Politico.com

And still the Republicans in the Senate continue to lick his boot straps and ignore the Rule of Law of our country........👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

What a mess......

Penguin or President

This photo is amazing..........

Looks like someone posted his head on top of a bloated cardboard figure.

"Poor" Queen Elizabeth having to be in close proximity to DDIC!