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Thursday, March 13, 2008
[1733 - Joseph Priestley, minister, chemist, born in Yorkshire, England]
[1855 - Percival Lowell, astronomer, born in Boston]
[1930 - Discovery of planet Pluto is announced]
[1938 - Clarence S. Darrow, attorney, dies in Chicago at age 80]
[1947 - "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC, for 581 performances]
[1970 - Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) introduces PDP-11 minicomputer series]
Fanatics
I would sooner try to reason about revealed truth with a homicidal maniac than I would with a True Believer.
William's Whimsical Words:
True Believers have no bases on which one can negotiate with them on the subject of their beliefs, and this is true no matter what they claim to believe in.
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