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Aristus

(66,352 posts) Sat Aug 16, 2014, 10:22 AM Aug 2014

Saturday, August 16th. William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day remembers Robin Williams.

"...No, no, no life!
Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life,
And thou no breath at all?"

King Lear, Act V, Scene 3, Lines 306-308.

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Saturday, August 16th. William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day remembers Robin Williams. (Original Post) Aristus Aug 2014 OP

Oh gawd, my dear Aristus... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2014 #1

Why indeed? In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #2

So sad.... femmocrat Aug 2014 #3

... magical thyme Aug 2014 #4

Kick for the afternoon crowd. Aristus Aug 2014 #5

“Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life” – and creatures like Hartmann must die! eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 #6

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,615 posts)

1. Oh gawd, my dear Aristus...

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Sat Aug 16, 2014, 10:31 AM

Aug 2014

Perfect.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. Why indeed?

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Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:05 AM

Aug 2014

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

3. So sad....

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Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:20 AM

Aug 2014

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

4. ...

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Sat Aug 16, 2014, 12:58 PM

Aug 2014

Aristus

(66,352 posts)

5. Kick for the afternoon crowd.

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Sat Aug 16, 2014, 07:47 PM

Aug 2014

eppur_se_muova

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6. “Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life” – and creatures like Hartmann must die!

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Sun Aug 17, 2014, 02:23 PM

Aug 2014

from a letter by Modest Mussorgsky, on the death of his close friend, the artist and architect Hartmann -- the origin of Pictures at an Exhibition.

http://korschmin.com/projects/viktor-hartmann-pictures-at-an-exhibition/

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