Archive for December, 2005

Stars Rise and Set

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
Carl Sagan

Eternity of Thought

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

Wisdom and spirit of the Universe!
Thou soul is the eternity of thought!
That giv’st to forms and images a breath
And everlasting motion! Not in vain
By day or star-light thus from by first dawn
Of childhood didst thou intertwine for me
The passions that build up our human soul,
Not with the mean and vulgar works of man,
But with high […]

Digression

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

“Digression” according to wordreference.com
digression:
in Spanish | in French | in Italian |
in context | images
Adapted From: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
digression
A noun
1 digression, excursion
wandering from the main path of a journey
Category Tree:
act; human_action; human_activity
╚action
╚change
╚motion; movement; move
╚travel; traveling; travelling
╚journey; journeying
╚digression, excursion
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