U.S. Department of Agriculture bans words related to climate change.
The Curious in Ecstasy or Shoelaces, by Louis François Charon, 1815. Satire of English fascination with South African-born Saartjie Baartman who was exhibited under the name Hottentot Venus. The British Museum, London.
Foreigners
Volume VIII, Number 1 | winter 2015
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Miscellany
Emma Lazarus wrote “The New Colossus” to raise money for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal fund in 1883 and soon after embarked on a ship to London to promote the cause for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Her poem was only placed on a plaque at the foot of the “Mother of Exiles” in 1903, six years after her death.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
- The Dhammapada, c. 400 BCLapham’s
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