Good Morning Friends & Digital Neighbors! While I have enjoyed the tour through the Dictionary of the Strange, Curious and Lovely, I thought a prayer for perspective might be in order, even if you aren't among the praying type, many prayers call us to a higher sense of purpose and virtue.
I ask for daily bread, but not for wealth,
lest I forget the poor.
I ask for strength, but not for power,
lest I despise the meek.
I ask for wisdom, but not for learning,
lest I condemn the simple.
I ask for a clean name, but not for fame,
lest I condemn the lowly.
I ask for peace of mind, but not for idle hours,
lest I fail to hearken to the call of duty.
INAZO NITOBE
Short Prayers for the Long Day
And of course an Old Barn in Kansas
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
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