If she bid them, they will go barefoot to Jerusalem

From Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers.  Page 343.

“Harriet rang up the Mitre before breakfast.

      

“Peter, could you possibly come round this morning instead of at six o’clock?”

“Within five minutes, when and where you will. ‘If she bid them, they will go barefoot to Jerusalem, to the great Cham’s court, to the East Indies, to fetch her a bird to wear in her hat.’ Has anything happened?”

“Nothing alarming; a little evidence in situ. But you may finish the bacon and eggs.”

“I will be at the Jowett Walk Lodge in half an hour.”

The allusion, "If she bid them," is from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton.  

History

Sofonisba Anguissola ~ whom van Dyck described as “the miraculous painter from life” ~ creates her own self-portrait by painting her tutor Bernadino Campi painting a portrait of her (1559) pic.twitter.com/LN27Vq7KEG

— Journal of Art in Society (@artinsociety) March 11, 2024

 

An Insight

But there is one power that will **always** be greater than govt and that is reality. The role of govt should be to align with reality, to become maximally truth seeking for its own sake, otherwise spurned reality will destroy it. Nemesis always follows Hubris.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 6, 2024

I see wonderful things

Biomedical innovation is miraculous pic.twitter.com/YbBhD7hEXV

— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) March 9, 2024

 

Offbeat Humor

Mel Brooks is a comedic genius pic.twitter.com/EDZoxz1ifz

— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) March 10, 2024

 

Data Talks

Disruptive pupils reduce the life outcomes of classmates and make teacher’s lives a misery. Why should schools have to teach them? https://t.co/eLgm8qeqJv my latest pic.twitter.com/ZuQOpgBQRx

— Ed West (@edwest) March 6, 2024

 

Robert Fulton by James Henry Cafferty (American, 1819 – 1869)

Robert Fulton by James Henry Cafferty (American, 1819 – 1869)

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Great Tom, tolling his nightly hundred-and-one

From Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers.  Page 242.

April was running out, chilly and fickle, but with the promise of good things to come; and the city wore the withdrawn and secretive beauty that wraps her about in vacation. No clamour of young voices echoed along her ancient stones; the tumult of flying bicycles was stilled in the narrow strait of the Turf; in Radcliffe Square the Camera slept like a cat in the sunshine, disturbed only by the occasional visit of a slow-footed don; even in the High, the roar of car and charabanc seemed diminished and brought low, for the holiday season was not yet; punts and canoes, new-fettled for the summer term, began to put forth upon the Cherwell like the varnished buds upon the horse-chestnut tree, but as yet there was no press of traffic upon the shining reaches; the mellow bells, soaring and singing in tower and steeple, told of time’s flight through an eternity of peace; and Great Tom, tolling his nightly hundred-and-one, called home only the rooks from off Christ Church Meadow.

Great Tom and the tolling one 101?  From Wikipedia:

Great Tom is still sounded 101 times every night, which signifies the 100 original scholars of the college plus one (added in 1663). It is rung at 21:05 current UK time, which corresponds to 21:00 in what used to be "Oxford time" (local mean time for Oxford, noon in Oxford always occurring five minutes later than noon in Greenwich), and was at one time the signal for all the Oxford colleges to lock their gates. The bell is only rung by swinging on very special occasions.  

History

Giant Persian Griffin (516-465 BC), Persepolis, Iran.

The word "Griffin" comes from Old French word "griffon," which was used to refer to both the legendary animal and birds of prey in general. Late Latin word "Gryphus," which was derived from an incorrect spelling of ancient… pic.twitter.com/VKfakviPZ1

— Archaeo - Histories (@archeohistories) March 10, 2024

 

An Insight

If you didn't have an AOL screen name, you haven't been through a full real estate market cycle, and don't know what real fear is.

Best,

DMBAntsMarching

— StripMallGuy (@realEstateTrent) March 6, 2024