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1903: Mission to Ento

Posted on July 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

From the preface to Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento (1903), originally published as Journeys to the Planet Mars, or, Our mission to Ento (Mars): Being a Record of Visits Made to Ento (Mars) by Sara … Continue reading →

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1928: Christopher Robin, Good-bye,

Posted on July 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Don’t Bustle me,” said Eeyore, getting up slowly. “Don’t now-then me.” He took a piece of paper from behind his ear, and unfolded it. “Nobody knows anything about this,” he went on. “This is a Surprise.” He coughed in an … Continue reading →

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1904: Art Forms

Posted on July 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Plates from Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur (1904): See more here.

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1925: Instead All Joy is Snatched Away

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Harry Clarke: Illustration for Goethe’s Faust (1925) Faust: Ah! Now I’ve done Philosophy, I’ve finished Law and Medicine, And sadly even Theology: Taken fierce pains, from end to end. Now here I am, a fool for sure! No wiser than … Continue reading →

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2140: The Market is a Failure

Posted on July 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Hang with me. Follow what I’m saying. We live in a world where people pretend money can buy you anything, so money becomes the point, so we all work for money. Money is thought of as value.” “Okay, I get … Continue reading →

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8th Century BC: His Heart was Filled with Fury and He Showed Forth All his Strength

Posted on July 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

You’ll remember from your Greek mythology that the Titans were the sons and daughters of the primordial gods Gaia and Uranus. They were thus gods themselves, ruling (after one of them, Kronos, overthrew Uranus with Gaia’s help) during the peaceful … Continue reading →

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1902: I Have in Me a Quite Unusual Intensity of Life

Posted on July 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

The opening of The Story of Mary MacLane: Butte, Montana January 13, 1901 I of womankind and of nineteen years, will now begin to set down as full and frank a Portrayal as I am able of myself, Mary Mac … Continue reading →

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1956: I’m Putting My Queer Shoulder to the Wheel

Posted on July 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

America America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. America two dollars and twenty-seven cents January 17, 1956. I can’t stand my own mind. America when will we end the human war? Go fuck yourself with your atom bomb … Continue reading →

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1914: The Workers Produce Everything!

Posted on July 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

“The workers produce Everything! If you walk through the streets of a town or a city, and look around, Everything that you can see—Factories, Machinery, Houses, Railways, Tramways, Canals, Furniture, Clothing, Food and the very road or pavement you stand … Continue reading →

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1793: In Saddam Hussein’s Basement

Posted on July 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Title page of a volume from a multi-volume Talmud set published in Vienna in 1793 by Yozef Hroshontsḳi and recovered from the flooded basement of the Mukhabarat, Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters, in 2003. Tens of thousands of Jewish documents were … Continue reading →

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