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To: gorush

Looked at that photo and all I could think was “If we can see farther than other men, it is because we stand on the shoulders of giants”...


6 posted on 02/23/2009 11:51:30 AM PST by Hegemony Cricket (The emporer has no pedigree.)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

Amen to that brother. If, like the dark ages, we lose those shoulders, we revert to ancient times because, we as humans, are no different now than we were then.


8 posted on 02/23/2009 11:56:59 AM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

Julius Caesar’s burning of the library at Alexandria, and to a smaller degree Charlemagne’s lack of a substantial living heir, was responsible for the dark ages.


9 posted on 02/23/2009 12:01:18 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Hegemony Cricket
Looked at that photo and all I could think was “If we can see farther than other men, it is because we stand on the shoulders of giants”...

Right. There's a picture of a giant's convention.

10 posted on 02/23/2009 12:08:18 PM PST by Steely Tom (RKBA: last line of defense against vote fraud)
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