美國時間：每日珠璣 (By Hanching Chung)

Daniel Webster was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives twice, representing New Hampshire and Massachusetts, served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and ...  Wikipedia Born :  January 18, 1782,  Salisbury, New Hampshire, United States Died :  October 24, 1852,  Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States Previous offices :  United States Secretary of State (1850–1852),  MORE Political party :  Whig Party  (1833–1852) Quotes God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. There is always room at the top. Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. When Daniel Webster died—on October 24th 1852—his family found two gifts from Sarah Goodrich among his personal effects. A paintbox, and “Beauty Revealed: Self-Portrait”, a tiny painting of idealised breasts ...

Doris May Lessing, CH was a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer. Wikipedia Born :  October 22, 1919,  Kermanshah, Iran Died :  November 17, 2013,  London, United Kingdom Movies :  Adore ,  My Friend Victoria ,  Killing Heat ,  Memoirs of a Survivor Awards :  Nobel Prize in Literature ,  MORE Quotes That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way. Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself. Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so. 今天決定讀讀Doris 的短篇。找到選集中的One off the Short List。不過摘錄的這篇The Wine 也有青春與性的張力。 Everyman's Library 2015年10月23日 8:30  ·  “Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossib...