Strength, Sadness, Etc.

anaxagorasSomeone once asked the ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras, “What were you born for?”

He replied, “For seeing.”

More on this later…

…In the nineteenth century, the King of Uganda kept a large court of young male pages.

On Ascension Day in 1886 (123 years ago yesterday), King Mwanga had some 25 of these pages burned alive.

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