The Lewis and Clark Expedition sights the Great Falls of the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“I could but esteem this moment of my departure as among the most happy of my life.”
May 14, 1804: The Lewis and Clark expedition departed from St. Louis, Missouri, 209 years ago today.
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“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
May 11, 1918: A theoretical physicist who made his work accessible and appealing, Richard Feynman was born in New York City, 95 years ago today. He won a Nobel Prize, worked on the Manhattan Project, and authored a series of irreverent science books.
Santi di Tito’s famous portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, now residing in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
May 3, 1469: Would Machiavelli have thought that celebrating birthdays was a betrayal of weakness? The Renaissance Italian philosopher was born 544 years ago today.
Rafael Sabatini
“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.”
April 29, 1875: Italian writer Rafael Sabatini’s swashbuckling tales made him a best-seller. He was born in Iesi, Italy, 138 years ago today. This quote, the first line of his novel Scaramouche, is also carved on his tombstone.
Edward Gibbon
“The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.”
April 27, 1737: British historian and politician Edward Gibbon was born in Putney, England, 276 years ago today. He is best known as the author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, inspired by a visit to Rome during his grand tour.
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