A quotation from Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) English modernist writer [b. Adeline Virginia Stephen]
A Room of One’s Own, ch. 4 (1929)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/woolf-virginia/26188…

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"We have come more and more under the dominance of mechanics and sacrificed living humanity to the dead rhythm of the machine without most of us even being conscious of the monstrosity of the procedure. Hence we frequently deal with such matters with indifference and in cold blood as if we handled dead things and not the destinies of men."

— Rudolf Rocker

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A quotation from Orwell, George:

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At some time in the future, if the human mind becomes something totally different from what it is now, we may learn to separate literary creation from intellectual honesty. At present we know only that the imagination, like certain wild animals, will not breed in captivity.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/orwell-george/72563/

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Meet the First Tenured Professor to Be Fired for Pro-Palestine Speech – The Intercept

https://theintercept.com/2024/09/26/tenured-professor-fired-palestine-israel-zionism/

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A quotation from Roosevelt, Franklin Delano:

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We all know that books burn — yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No …
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-delano/32709/

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#Video "Former Jehovah’s Witness Explains Cult’s Secret Language | DEEPX" at
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gFi_RpNKFXI

My comment: It is important to note that this language is not _secret_ but _restricted_ — in restricting the use of one's language, one _inhibits one's ability to think_ freely and critically.

Stay awake!

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“For thousands of years people have been trying to force other people to think their way. Did they succeed? No. Will they succeed? No. Why? Because brute force is not an argument.” — Robert G. Ingersoll, Trial of C. B. Reynolds For Blasphemy
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https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2024/08/05/quote-of-the-day-4875/