For Linda G Hill’s One Liner Wednesday
Today’s quote by E.L. Doctorow fits my mood right now. I’m ready to hit the trail, aren’t you?
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
E. L. Doctorow
For Linda G Hill’s One Liner Wednesday
Today’s quote by E.L. Doctorow fits my mood right now. I’m ready to hit the trail, aren’t you?
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
E. L. Doctorow
I paid my quarter and watched him laugh over and over again.
And I indeed I got my money’s worth
Because
I can still hear him laughing
Over.
And.
Over.
And over again.
Jeremy Bentham was an interesting guy who advocated for things like equal rights for women and the abolition of slavery.
Among the many other important things Jeremy Bentham accomplished I also learned that he had written into his Will that his body be preserved, stored in a cabinet and brought out for special board meetings.
Then one day his head, which was not preserved well…fell off. So they made a wax one and stuck his real head between his feet ( see picture above) .
Jeremy Bentham’s Head
I’m sorry to say I couldn’t have made this stuff up…
darn it.
Jeremy Bentham (26 February [O.S. 15 February 15] 1748) – June 6, 1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law. He is best known as an early advocate of utilitarianism and fair treatment of animals who influenced the development of liberalism.