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"Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another."
- Winston Churchill [1874-1965]

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"I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they're doing the same thing."
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

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"May my son study history, for it is the only true psychology, and the only true philosophy."
- Napoleon to the duke of Reichstadt at St. Helena

"The critics never liked me, but the people did."
- John Wayne

"Life squeezes out the best in you; the attrition of living."
- Charlie Rose

"Our whole role in life is to give you something you didn't know you wanted, and once you get it, you can't imagine your life without it."
- Tim Cook, Apple CEO 

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Woman on ducking stool accused of witchcraft.

James Warren:

July-August Duke Magazine has a terrific look at a Duke history professor's 15 years of research into European witchcraft. "A Witch's Brew" is the tale of Tom Robisheaux's quest to make sense of a rather common practice, with an estimated 100,000 such trials held between 1450 and 1750 in Europe (with about half in Germany).

He finds that women's central role in economies was part of the catalyst. "Witchcraft was women's work that went wrong, then, in areas like pregnancy, childbirth, the health of children, tending cattle, and the fertility of crops." Ultimately, the witch proved a variation on what he deems a bigger term, namely "the other."

"Societies almost always locate their fears, real or imagined, in those who seem to embody the opposite of all that is valued," he says.

An earlier reference to witchcraft here.

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The Right Honorable Sir Ernest Cassel

In 1902, Cassel became King Edward VII's private financial advisor and treasurer. His granddaughter Edwina married Lord Louis Mountbatten whose nephew Prince Philip married Princess Elizabeth.

The Cassel Hospital was founded in 1921 for WWI psychological casualties.