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I think Issac Watts or Charles Wesley or another hymnist wrote a poem about people who live their lived but never contributed anything positive to their community or the world. It would have predated Shaw, Shaw echos the thought:

“...those who only ate, then died, and left behind an empty plate.”

May be in The Norton Anthology Eng.Lit. , but I think my Daughter borrowed it for college and I do not think it made it back.

Here's an interesting slide...

Remember the historic mansion that burned down in New Orleans during Mardi Gras?

https://wwl.radio.com/articles/too-soon-know-how-much-mardi-gras-history-burned-mansion-fire

The historic Downman-Kock-Montgomery-Grace mansion at 2525 St. Charles Ave. that was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning was home to generations of Carnival royalty, and the house contained decades worth of Mardi Gras memorabilia and history.

2525 St Charles Ave.

Crazydaysandnights posted this on 11/21/2017

Found this -

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1104080904593592320.html

Here's a tidbit -

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/marco-rubio-super-pac-trump-221008

The super PAC devoted to Marco Rubio raised a whopping $25 million last month as the Republican establishment rallied around the Florida senator in the hopes of stopping Donald Trump from winning the GOP presidential nomination.

https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/sen-marco-rubio-warns-fake-videos-pose-major-threat-our-democracy

(CNSNews.com) - Realistic fake videos increasingly pose a major threat to our democracy, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday.

Credible? Think and decide for yourself... I think it is. Every time I see a pic of him I'm reminded of that old pool game, Marco...Polo, and I think to myself, Marco...Homo.