Posted on 11/13/2002 4:24:46 AM PST by SJackson
Adding this one to my growing list of cool quotes I don't know who said. ;-)
FReegards,
WW
Take from the altar of the past the fire, not the ashes.
Sadly, I've heard it attributed to Jean Jaures - the French socialist.
I never heard of Jaures, but a socialist who recognized that there things worth preserving in tradition is a rare specimen. Most socialists would stamp out the fire, redistribute the warm ashes amongst themselves and let everyone else freeze.
Nice try :-)
"Dedicated to arts and letters, by the public upon having regained its freedom"
In your defense, fluency in Latin was already a vanishing skill by the time (1825) the library, of which today only the porticus remains, was built. The original inscription was "Studiis libertati reddita civitas", which prompted Schopenhauer, the ole curmudgeon, to write: "... welche in 4 Worten 3 Fehler hat und fast Küchenlatein heißen könnte; wenigstens dem Cicero unverständlich seyn würde." The inscription today was Schoppepetzer's corrected version; it only took City Hall a little more than a century to get around to chiseling it onto the pediment.
The thing behind it that looks like an oversized ship container is an art exhibition space. Worth visiting next time you pass by. Here is a very good website where you can learn more about Schopenhauer in Frankfurt.
Oskar Schindler's bust near the train station is easy to miss. Truthfully, I was not aware of it until Spielberg's movie, which I haven't seen, came out.
Who was the evil man whose departure the inscription on the Porticus celebrated, and why did Jewish Germans feel differently about him?
I am fairly certain you are talking about our short, one-armed French/Italien General/Emperor and would be conqueror of Russia friend - Napoleon (please don't bathe until I return) Bonaparte.
He introduced the metric system (which we really should all adopt after the NASA fiasco) and also gave the Jews full status as citizens, which they had not enjoyed under domestic rule.
Honestly, do you think others are enjoying our little game of Frankfurt trivial pursuit on a thread about Israel?
If not, here is a more global question, which is also my last - for now. Which country was the first to ban smoking in public buildings? When was it and who was the politican who provided the impetus?
Which country was the first to ban smoking in public buildings? When was it and who was the politican who provided the impetus?
You got me there. Saudi Arabia?
Actually I didn't venture off too much. It was our good friend Adolf. He banned smoking in 1935 in public buildings in Germany. But, don't tell the militant smokers or they will use this as one of their arguments.
I enjoyed it immensely.
(A good agwn is more than trivial pursuit)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.