October 2, 1869 -- Mahatma Gandhi was born.
"It is alarming and also nauseating to see Mr. Gandhi...now posing as a fakir of the type well known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the viceregal palace." -- Winston Churchill.
October 3, 1900 -- American writer Thomas Wolfe was born.
"If it must be Thomas let it be Mann, and if it must be Wolfe let it be Nero, but never let it be Thomas Wolfe." -- Peter DeVries.
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Saints alive!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Birthday of the Month: Henry Ford (July 12, 1863)
"I have always considered considered that the substitution of the internal-combustion machine for the horse marked a very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind.” – Winston Churchill.
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