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Saturday, August 18, 2007
The Refdesk Site of the Day is: Today's Papers This site by Slate presents a summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers. Related site: Today's Front Pages. ----- Refdesk Thoughts of the Day: "The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away..." "The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts." -Edmund Burke ----- "I came, I saw..." "I came, I saw, I conquered." -Julius Caesar ----- "Real generosity towards the future lies..." "Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present." -Albert Camus ----- "One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness..." "One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world’s end somewhere, and hold fast to the days, as to fortune or fame." -Willa Cather ----- "Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil..." "Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil not the strength to choose between the two." -John Cheever ----- "Everything should be first-rate in a person..." "Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts." -Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ----- BOOKS ON-LINE * Science Fiction * Against the Tide -- John Ringo * Science Fiction * Crown of Slaves -- David Weber - Eric Flint * Fiction * Slipper Point Mystery -- Augusta Huiell Seaman . |