1769Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac murdered.
1841The first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue was published.
1902Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium.
By undue profundity we perplex and enfeeble thought; and it is possible to make even Venus herself vanish from the firmament by a scrutiny too sustained, too concentrated, or too direct.
Hey Ed, I thought you were dead!?!
LOL. Maybe I should have quoted in character. Auguste Dupin, I recall, was the one who quoted the line above. It's my favorite from the story.You like the magic? Then do not stare too close or think too hard. In an instant, it might just disappear.
Sadly, at my age, the magic always disappears (or maybe it just never was...)
Bah! You're always such a defeatist! The magic is there.
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By undue profundity we perplex and enfeeble thought; and it is possible to make even Venus herself vanish from the firmament by a scrutiny too sustained, too concentrated, or too direct.
ReplyDeleteHey Ed, I thought you were dead!?!
ReplyDeleteLOL. Maybe I should have quoted in character. Auguste Dupin, I recall, was the one who quoted the line above. It's my favorite from the story.
ReplyDeleteYou like the magic? Then do not stare too close or think too hard. In an instant, it might just disappear.
Sadly, at my age, the magic always disappears (or maybe it just never was...)
ReplyDeleteBah! You're always such a defeatist! The magic is there.
ReplyDelete