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Sep.18, Samuel Johnson, Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish diplomat, economist, and author who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. Wikipedia
Born: July 29, 1905, Jönköping, Sweden
Died: September 18, 1961, Ndola, Zambia
Succeeded by: U Thant
Awards: Nobel Peace Prize
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For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes.
The longest journey is the journey inward.
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.


A UN report into the death of its secretary general, Dag Hammarskjöld, in a 1961 plane clash in central Africa has found that there is a “significant amount of evidence” that his flight was brought down by another aircraft.
Plane crash that killed UN boss 'may have been caused by aircraft attack'
Exclusive: US and UK recordings could hold answer to 1961 accident in Africa which killed Dag Hammarskjöld and 15 others
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Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.Wikipedia
Born: September 18, 1709, Lichfield, United Kingdom
Died: December 13, 1784, London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Elizabeth Johnson (m. 1735–1752)
Influenced by: Alexander Pope, John Milton, Thomas Browne, William Wollaston
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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.


308歲，萬歲！
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　叢書名稱： 文化生活譯叢
　作　　者： (英)塞繆爾‧約翰遜(Samuel Johnson)
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　出版日期： 2015.03
Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Wikipedia
Born: September 18, 1709, Lichfield, United Kingdom
Died: December 13, 1784, London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Elizabeth Johnson (m. 1735–1752)
Influenced by: Alexander Pope, John Milton, Thomas Browne, William Wollaston
Quotes
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.


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Samuel Johnson - Google Doodle Samuel Johnson - Google Doodle Samuel Johnson’s 308th Birthday Johnson was an English writer and critic, and one of the most f...
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"A man will turn over half a library to make one book". Quite so!
Happy birthday to Dr #SamuelJohnson, English lexicographer and poet, born #onthisday 1709!

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