#1 Leonard Cohen Suzanne This is, in our opinion, the most perfect lyric poem ever written. Written by Leonard Cohen, whose very name means “priest,” it is also famously sung, with slight alterations, by Judy Collins, the lady of the blue eyes. One night in Chicago, a woman named Judy played guitar until her fingers bled, while her friend was breaking a heart, and had she not continued, I would not have been introduced to this song, nor would I have seen one of the most beaut

[In progress...] I am looking forward to an opportunity to think out evolutionary thought, justice and the soul. The author has a reading of the Platonic cosmos of dialogues- excepting the Laws- which is going to be very helpful. I have been trying to link the development of human communities to the modern anthropology discoveries, understanding these as developing together. The family is older than man. There were many kinds of humans, but our species was demarcated by do

Act V Scene i SD: [The home of John Geddes] John Geddes, Fanny Geddes, Jackson and Isaac. arriving: William, Joseph, John Whitney, Joseph and Jane. Neighbors, come in! Kids, little Johnny has been excited, waiting for someone to play on the sled- he has tired me out! Fanny will have hot coco for you when you tire of the cold. The sled is in the shed by the door. Come in and be seated, Fanny has coffee and cakes as well. Already the chill of winter is about to break, and parl

Act IV [ IV, Scene i ] SD: [Jackson and Isaac setting off from Hawkins with Betsy and Hawkins’ wagon, East on Plymouth-Ann Arbor road] Isaac : She seems to proceed about her work happily. Jackson : Even the beast enjoys to do its proper work. We cannot break this cart as well, we will have no wheels between us for her to pull. So I have asked her if I should inform the public. She gave but a cryptic answer, looking off into the future, saying that their time would come. I hav

Thanks to Grand Valley for the Photo! Class 1981/ 1983 GVSC [In progress:] Preface Using Bloom’s Republic and Shakespeare’s The Tempest, with brief modern contrasts at the conclusion, Wasserman furthered the project of Leo Strauss to recover ancient Socratic Political philosophy. The torch of philosophy is being transferred in this from Germany to America, having come to Germany through France, Britain and Italy, from the Petrarchan recovery of the texts of Byzantium. The