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Tall Cedars of Lebanon plate dated 1915. Philadelphia Forest No. 10, Tall cedars of Lebanon. Brown marks on the rim in several spots but no chips, cracks, etc. 8”in diameter.
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Colossus of Constantine
312–315 C.E., marble, Capitoline Museums, Rome
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Mosque in ancient Samarkand, Uzbekistan, circa 1870.
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Masonic Lodge Room in Norway (Norwegian Order of Freemasons/Den Norske Frimurerorden)
By Bro. Stephen McKim
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Man has two creators, his God and himself. His firstcreator furnishes him the raw material of his life andthe laws in conformity with which he can make that life what he will. Hissecond creator, himself, has marvellous powers he rarely realizes. It iswhat a man makes of himself that counts. When a man fails in life he usuallysays, “ I am as God made me.” When he succeeds he proudly proclaims himself a “ self-made man.” Man is placed into this world not as a finality,but as a possibility.Man’s greatest enemy is, himself. Man in his weaknessis the creature of circumstances; man in his strength is the creator ofcircumstances. Whether he be victim or victor depends largely on himself.Man is never truly great merely for what he is, but ever for what he maybecome. Until man be truly filled with the knowledge of the majesty of hispossibility, until there come to him the glow of realization of his privilege tolive the life committed to him, as an individual life for which he is individually responsible, he is merely groping through the years. W.G.Jordan
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Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, late 19th century or early 20th century
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Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. It sees man, a feeble speck, surrounded by unfathomable depths of silence; yet it bears itself proudly, as unmoved as if it were lord of the universe. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
Bertrand Russell (via psych-facts)
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Achilles Drags Hector: Black-Figure Hydria C. 510 BC
Greek vase-painters often used subjects from Homer’s great epics the Iliad and the Odyssey in their work. On this hydria - a vessel with three handles for carrying water - the Attic painter depicted a scene from the Trojan war in which Achilles ties the body of the Trojan hero Hector, killed by him, to a chariot. He goes on to mock his enemy’s body publicly by dragging it along the ground before the very walls of Troy.
Attributed to the Antiopa Painter, Leagros group, Attica.
Source: hermitagemuseum.org