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'Great is justice. It is in the soul.'
Old words from Walt Whitman.
“Great is Justice; Justice is not settled by legislators and laws…it is in the soul.
It cannot be varied by statutes any more than love or pride or the attraction of gravity can, It is immutable… it does not depend on majorities… majorities or what not come at last before the same passionless and exact tribunal.
Slaying Myths: England and St George (from the archives)
St George only become popular in England in the 15th century.
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/slaying-myths-st-george-and-dragon
St. George and the Dragon
by Francesco Salviati
🏛️ Pan and Hermaphrodite 🏛️
Pan and Hermaphrodite take centre stage this #FrescoFriday. Found in the House of the Dioscuri at Pompeii, Pan tries to turn away from Hermaphrodite while Hermaphrodite tries to hold Pan closer…
🏛️ MAN Napoli, inv. 27700.
On this day in 1792, Denmark abolishes the slave trade.
On this day in 1862, Étienne Lenoir builds the first car with an internal-combustion engine.
On this day in 1881, the world's first electric tram enters service in Lichterfelder.
On this day in 1943, Nazi troops quell the month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by Jews resisting deportation to Treblinka extermination camp.
On this day in 1969, Soviet space probe Venera 5 lands on Venus.
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Meriwether Lewis writes to President Thomas Jefferson on April 7, 1805, from Fort Mandan, a Native American village on the banks of the Missouri River in present-day North Dakota.
“Dear Sir.
Herewith inclosed you will receive an invoice of certain articles, which I have forwarded to you from this place: 67 specimens of earths, salts and minerals; and 60 specimens of plants.
“[Edwin Muir’s] travels in the 1920s immediately after the end of World War One, and again at the end of World War Two, tell a story of Europe itself at critical points in its history.”
—Dr Margery Palmer McCulloch, on the Oxford University Press blog
8/8
https://blog.oup.com/2017/05/edwin-muir-story-europe/
#Scottish #literature #history #Europe #20thCentury #EdwinMuir #Orkney
🌟New Episode - ¿Por Qué No Los Dos? 🌟
It’s 395 BCE in ancient Rome! The Romans ended 396 BCE on a high with their success against the southern-most city of the Etruscans, Veii. But is all well in the Roman world? That may depend on which god you talk to… 👀👀
https://partialhistorians.com/2025/05/15/episode-161-por-que-no-los-dos/
Tuesday 14 May 1963
Britain must stop treating nurses as Cinderellas. There is widespread discontent over the recent pay award because people who work in the City are having a ball on the proceeds of the affluent society.
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A barefoot First Lady?
A second-grader from New Hampshire writes to the president.
“Dear Mr. President Kennedy, It is past my bedtime but I would sleep better if I wrote to [you] first. You have many big things to think about all of the time and one of them is the doctor shortage.
When I grow up I plan to be a doctor like my daddy so please do not worry about the doctor shortage anymore."
https://open.substack.com/pub/look/p/photo-of-the-day-4b0?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Tagesworkshop:
„Thesaurus als Bedarf und Herausforderung für das Fach Jüdische #Geschichte“
Wann: 3. Juni 2025
Wo: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Universitätsring 5, 06108 Halle (Saale), Hallischer Saal
Weitere Informationen: https://www.mmz-potsdam.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2025/thesaurus-als-bedarf-und-herausforderung-fuer-das-fach-juedische-geschichte-tagesworkshop
#juedisch #history #MMZ #MMZPotsdam
Amaze Yourself With the Unbelievable Story of Bessie Coleman, the Black Aviator Who Wowed the Nation With Her High-Flying Achievements
Long before the Tuskegee Airmen, Coleman inspired a generation of pilots to take to the skies
By Victor Luckerson
More information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman
Viking pregnancy was deeply political – new study
Despite its central role in human history, pregnancy has often been overlooked in archaeology.
By Marianne Hem Eriksen
Vikings at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=vikings&submit_search=Search
Guess which iconic duo has a brand new episode coming out later this week? Strap yourselves in fellow adventurers, we’re heading back to ancient Rome (not that we ever left 😅)
From Tablets to Papyrus: When Was Paper Invented?
The invention of paper as a medium for writing was a revolutionary breakthrough that altered the course of human culture.
by Matt Whittaker
https://www.thecollector.com/when-was-the-invention-of-paper/
It’s a cat amongst the parrots and pigeon today for #MosaicMonday! One parrot seems like they might be aware of the danger but it looks like the other two are in danger of becoming lunch!
