Siris

 Today is the feast of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria and Doctor of the Church. From his Commentary on Hosea, chapter 2: We are therefor...

  Ode to Tranquillity by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Tranquillity! thou better name Than all the family of Fame! Thou ne'er wilt leave my ri...

 Sanctions are not a generally motivating factor when it comes to law; people who follow the laws are only sometimes thinking of the sanctio...

 Talent is a gift, the use we put it to depends on ourselves. Now talent of itself affords no guarantee of being well employed, rather it ma...

 * The Death and Evolution of Education , at "The Lyceum Institute" * Christian, Russek, & Griffiths, Resolving Feynman's ...

 A little behind here. I've been puzzling what to do for the next Fortnightly Book, and I've decided to do a re-read: Michael Flynn...

Leaves Falling  A man may love a woman, and a woman love a man, so take my hand in yours, though we have no path or plan, that we may dance ...