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April 2025

Cultivation of the Mind
When one learns Latin, one learns something more than just how to speak it.
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Andrew Rickard
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Departed Souls
A quote about books from Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (1804-1872)
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Andrew Rickard
When the Crows Strike With Their Beaks
An anti-war poem by René Ponsard (1826-1894), wrongly attributed to François Ponsard (1814-1867)
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Andrew Rickard
Why Study the Humanities?
A quote from Émile Amiel's biography of Erasmus
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Andrew Rickard
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March 2025

February 2025

With Baudelaire in Brussels, #14
Nadar throws a party, and admits he cannot understand the poem that Baudelaire dedicated to him. A bombe glacée is served.
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Andrew Rickard
With Baudelaire in Brussels, #13
Some details about Victor Hugo's life in Belgium; he liked to nap in an orchard. Baudelaire coins the word “Superman” forty years before Friedrich…
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Andrew Rickard
1
With Baudelaire in Brussels, #12
The men stop for lunch. Baudelaire is disgusted by the sight of water on the table; he orders Pommard wine. French fries are to be eaten with one's…
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Andrew Rickard
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Suspending Paper Book Sales to the US
A prudent approach to President Trump's tariffs
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Andrew Rickard
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