Wisdom in SpaceQuotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
-- Oscar Wilde
Yahooey“There is a fatality about all good resolutions. They are invariably made too soon.” — Oscar Wilde, Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
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Adrian SegarFor better meetings, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Seth Godin agree that we need to focus on learning, not education!
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MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 31, 1819: Poet Walt Whitman was born. Whitman published his first and most famous collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, in 1855, using his own money. It was criticized as obscene for its sensuality. During the Civil War, he volunteered in hospitals caring for the wounded. Many believe Whitman was gay or bisexual, based on his writings, though it is disputed by some historians. Oscar Wilde met Whitman in the United States in 1882 and told the homosexual-rights activist George Cecil Ives that Whitman's sexual orientation was beyond question—"I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lips." Whitman is considered by many to be America’s first and greatest poet. He inspired many who came after him, including Ezra Pound, Langston Hughes, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder and June Jordan.
Whitman’s commitment to solidarity inspired many leftists of the late 1800s and early 1900s, including Emma Goldman, and the IWW, which distributed copies of Whitman’s poems to its members in the form of The Little Blue Book. Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Ralph Chaplin also claimed Whitman as an inspiration. He also inspired Cuban poet and revolutionary Jose Marti, as well as Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges.
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TrèsFluke"The last known photograph of literary icon Oscar Wilde was taken on his death bed in a Paris hotel room using a borrowed camera and a volatile early flash, mere hours after he passed away."
Today in Labor History History May 25, 1895: The authorities imprisoned socialist author Oscar Wilde for two years for “indecency” for having sex with men. Many potential witnesses refused to testify against him. However, he was still convicted. The judge said “It is the worst case I have ever tried. I shall pass the severest sentence that the law allows. In my judgment it is totally inadequate for such a case as this. The sentence of the Court is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labor for two years.” The terrible prison conditions caused Wilde serious health problems and contributed to his early death.
The press often ridiculed him with racist, anti-Irish taunts, portraying him as a monkey, or in black-face. When he visited the U.S., the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "The city is divided into two camps, those who thought Wilde was an engaging speaker and an original thinker, and those who thought he was the most pretentious fraud ever perpetrated on a groaning public.” Yet, when he visited Leadville, Colorado, the miners loved him and drank whiskey with him. In 1886, George Bernard Shaw wrote a petition to get the Haymarket anarchists pardoned. Wilde was the only other literary figure to sign it. Wilde was a supporter of socialism. In his essay “The Soul of Man Under Socialism,” he argued for the abolition of private property, and for cooperation to replace competition.
Image of Oscar Wilde with the quote: Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
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El Mundo de ÓscarTal día como hoy “Condenan al escritor Oscar Wilde a dos años de prisión y trabajos forzados”
El 25 de Mayo de 1895, en el Reino Unido victoriano condenaron al escritor irlandés Oscar Wilde a dos años de prisión y trabajo forzado por su homosexualidad, Oscar Wilde es uno de los escritores mas brillantes y mas excéntricos de aquellos años.
Oscar Wilde mantuvo una relación con el joven poeta Alfred Douglas, hijo del marqués de Queensberry. Harto de la persecución, el marqués dejó una nota en su club que decía: “Para Oscar Wilde, que alardea de sodomita”. Animado por su amante y confiado en su éxito, Wilde decidió demandar al marqués por difamación.Sin embargo, el juicio se volvió en su contra de forma demoledora: su vida privada quedó expuesta y se convirtió de acusador en acusado, enfrentando un proceso por “sodomía e indecencia grave”.
📖 Los horrores de la prisión y el “hard labour”
El castigo físico y psicológico fue brutal. Los llamados “trabajos forzados” no tenían otro propósito que quebrar al prisionero mediante ejercicios inútiles y agotadores.
- Aislamiento total: Pasaba 23 horas al día en una pequeña celda de la prisión de Reading, sin contacto con otros reclusos.
- El traslado por la salud: Su delicado estado de salud (padecía una lesión en el oído) obligó a trasladarlo a otras prisiones en busca de mejores condiciones.
- La ruina física y mental: Cuando salió de prisión en 1897, Wilde estaba “derrotado, hundido” y su salud estaba destrozada.
