January 2011
15 posts
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
When I heard the learn’d astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me; When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them; When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick; Till rising and gliding out, I wander’d off by myself, In the mystical...
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Diamonds: The Real Story →
Associating diamonds with love and emotion has long been the key marketing strategy for De Beers. Fundamental to the campaign is the famous slogan “A Diamond Is Forever”—embracing the twin notions of eternal devotion and eternal value. Sometimes De Beers advertisements are more explicit about the role of its product in the mating game: “Of course there’s a return on your investment,” ran one...
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I Self Lord And Master
“Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of...”
– P. Coehlo
