Setting out to achieve something in life, for neither money nor fame – accomplishment for the sake of accomplishment – is one of the great thrills in life. Even if you don’t succeed, at least you can say you have tried. Where would mankind be now if those with an idea and a passion had …
“It is the heart that perceives God and not the reason”. Pascal, Pensees, 1670
“Our dream dashes itself against the great mystery like a wasp against a window pane. Less merciful than man, God never opens the window”. (Jules Renard, Journal 1906)
The magazine, “Oxford Today”, recently ran an article criticizing modern poetry. It says, to summarize the argument, that too much modern blank verse is linguistically poverty-stricken and difficult to understand, sometimes incomprehensible. There are too many modern poets who are trying to excorcise the demons of their youth – at tedious length and in narcisistic …
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The good news: Costa Rica has set a new world record by becoming the first country to rely solely on renewable energy for 75 consecutive days. Costa Rica derives four-fifths of its energy from hydroelectric sources – but has been able to dispense with fossil fuels entirely this year, owing to the heavy rain that …
