Category Archives: humanities

the spirit of ’89

Posted on Thursday, 2003 July 10 by Anton

The English Bill of Rights was enacted in October 1689. The US BoR was submitted for ratification in September 1789. Anybody happen to know if the centennial coincidence was played up in the rhetoric of the time?

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QotD

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 July 09 by Anton

Daniel Webster: It is hardly too strong to say that the [US] Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions.

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German-style adjectival phrases using Latin and English elements

Posted on Monday, 2003 July 07 by Anton

I wonder why on-the-job training, at-will employment, ex-parte application, in-vitro fertilization are more usual than the better English training on the job, employment at will, application ex parte, fertilization in vitro. I also wonder why children say me and him … Continue reading →

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my shining city

Posted on Friday, 2003 July 04 by Anton

Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [America’s] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the … Continue reading →

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