June 14:Che Guevara (1928-67)

Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry. Wikipedia Born : August 19, 1902, Rye, New York, United States Died : May 19, 1971, Baltimore, Maryland, United States Full name : Frederic Ogden Nash Movies : The Wizard of Oz , The Shining Hour , The Feminine Touch , The Firefly Quotes Candy Is dandy But liquor Is quicker. You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up. Poet Frederic Ogden Nash was born in Rye, New York on this day in 1902. "The Hippopotamus" by Ogden Nash Behold the hippopotamus! We laugh at how he looks to us, And yet in mome...

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Dec. 1:James Baldwin

James Baldwin - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin James Arthur "Jimmy" Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America. Some of Baldwin's essays are book-length, including The Fire Next Time (1963), No Name in the Street (1972), and The Devil Finds Work (1976). An unfinished manuscript ... ‎ James Baldwin (disambiguation) · ‎ Category:Novels by James ... · ‎ Giovanni's Room ジェイムズ・ボールドウィン - Wikipedia https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ジェイムズ・ボールドウィンジェイムズ・アーサー・ボールドウィン（ James Arthur Baldwin 、1924年8月2日 - 1987 年11月30日）はアメリカ合衆国の小説家、著作家、劇作家、詩人、随筆家および公民権運動家である。代表作に『山にのぼりて告げよ』がある。ボールドウィンの著作の大半は20世紀半ばのアメリカ合衆国における人種問題と性の問題を扱ってお...

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4月17日：鄒族人Uongu Yatauyogana 高一生； The Canterbury Tales

The Paris Review Chaucer scholars have generally settled on April 17, 1387, as the date his pilgrims departed for Canterbury. Fifteenth-Century Illustrations from The Canterbury Tales Chaucer scholars have generally settled on April 17, 1387, as the date his… THEPARISREVIEW.ORG 據Peter Drucker，他的匠人驕傲地說，自覺"自己在蓋個大教堂"的故事，出自 The Canterbury Tales，可惜我沒找到出處。在W. Edwards Deming 的 Out of the Crisis 一書中，有2處引用：的確，對那些充耳不聞的人說教，徒令自己受人討厭。 ──傑弗里·喬叟 ( Chaucer) 《坎特伯里故事集 ˙ 梅里白 ( Melibeus) 的故事》  你那無價值的講演，令我雙耳疼痛。 ──傑弗里·喬叟 ( Chaucer) 《坎特伯里故事集 ˙ 梅里白 ( Melibeus) 的故事》開場白 On this day (or possibly the next) in 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer 's twenty-nine pilgrims met at the Tabard Inn in Southwark to prepare for their departure to Canterbury. "Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swych licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Wh...

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