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But if you'd fill your glorious part, The white in the centre signifies a lasting truce between the 'Orange' and the 'Green', and I trust that beneath its folds the hands of the Irish Protestant and the Irish Catholic may be clasped in generous and heroic brotherhood. ... The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier. It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland a Republic without the moral and material support of the liberty-loving citizens of these United States. |
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When the Bishop Projectus brought some relicks of that most glorious Martyr Stephen to Tibilis, a great multitude came together and went out to meet him at the shrine. There, a blind woman asked to be led to the Bishop, who was bearing the hallowed relicks. On these she laid the flowers which she was carrying, took them up again, touched her eyes with them, and forthwith received her sight. Whereupon she went forward rejoicing, at the head of the amazed procession, choosing her own path, and needing no more that any should lead her. I remember also the relicks of this same Martyr which hath been placed in the town of Synica, hard by this city of Hippo. Lucillus, Bishop of that place, was carrying them, with a multitude going before and following after ; when, all of the sudden, by bearing this hallowed burden, he was healed of a fistula, from which he even then was suffering, and which was being treated by a physician, an intimate friend of his, who was about to use the surgeon's knife upon him. Brethren, let us so desire to obtain temporal blessings by the intercession of the Protomartyr that we may by imitating him deserve those which are eternal.
From the Anglican Breviary; today is the Feast day of the Finding of the Body of St
Stephen, Protomartyr
A strange red light as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the mast, spars and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief … on arriving there, no vestige nor any sign whatever of any material ship was to be seen either near or right away to the horizon, the night being clear and the sea calm. Thirteen persons altogether saw her.
Words used by England's King George V to describe the phantom ship Flying
Dutchman, which he claimed to have seen on July
11, 1881; author Nicholas Monsarrat
saw such a 'ghost ship' on August 3, 1942, near Cape Town, South
Africa.
She is distinguished from earthly vessels by bearing a press of sail when other vessels are unable, from stress of weather, to show an inch of canvas.
Sir Walter Scott, on the phantom ship Flying Dutchman
The reason I'm in this business, I assume all performers are – it's "Look at me, Ma!" It's acceptance, you know – "Look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma." And if your mother watches, you'll show off till you're exhausted; but if your mother goes,
Ptshew!
Lenny Bruce, American comedian who died on August 3, 1966
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.
Lenny Bruce
Now the problem I had in understanding the law was because of the language of the law. Instead of taking each word and finding out the case that the word related to, once in a while I got lazy and I would apply common sense. And then I got really screwed up.
Lenny Bruce
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. Really.
Lenny Bruce
I'm sorry if I'm not very funny tonight, but I'm not a comedian, I'm Lenny Bruce.
Lenny Bruce
Heroin is the strongest painkiller known to humankind. Lenny Bruce, who influenced not only countless comedians, but also the linguistics of the global mass media: hot and cold, was a man of sorrows, who was persecuted for transmuting that sorrow, which was universal,into a hidden mirth that was suddenly accessible to the masses. There may not be a motion picture made today that didn't use honest language and vernacular that we use daily if it was not for Lenny Bruce, but he was persecuted by the legal system and other institutions, and heroin eased these tortures.
Nelson Gary
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Feast day of the Invention
of St Stephen
Commemorates the
discovery of his relics, 417
CE.
Saint
Stephen was one of the first seven deacons chosen by the early church in the Acts of the Apostles. He is regarded as
the first Christian martyr, or
'protomartyr'. After Jesus'
death, Stephen's outspoken support of Jesus and the Christian disciples,
led to his being tried for blasphemy
by the Sanhedrin,
and stoned to death.
His feast day, St Stephen's Day, is celebrated in the West on December 26 (Boxing Day in Britain, Australia and some other countries), and on December 27 in the East.
Hollyhock, Althea rosea is
today's plant, dedicated to this saint.
Description: Natural Order, Malvaceae. This is the common hollyhock, so much cultivated in our gardens for its large and showy flowers. The generic characters are the same as the marsh mallows.
Properties and Uses: The flowers are demulcent; and also yield a slightly tonic property of a somewhat nauseating taste, that acts mostly upon the renal organs. The mucilaginous qualities are best extracted by tepid water; and make a good drink for irritable coughs, and irritated stomach, bowels, bladder, and urethra. The tonic and diuretic properties are best extracted by water at nearly a boiling temperature. I have found them of considerable service in the treatment of irritable forms of spermatorrhea, and chronic sensitiveness of the prostate, neck of the bladder, and urethra. The roots are said to be similar to the flowers.
Pharmaceutical Preparations: I. Mucilage. Hollyhock blossoms, dried, two ounces; water, a sufficient quantity. Macerate for four hours at a low heat, and strain. Dr. S. Thomson used a thick mucilage of this kind in his preparation called " Bread of Life."
II. Compound Sirup. Hollyhock blossoms, celastrus scandens, each half a pound;
hydrastis and caulophyllum, each two ounces. Digest the hollyhock in one quart of hot water for three hours. Crush the other articles, and treat them with diluted alcohol in a percolator till a quart has passed. Set this aside, and add the hollyhock and its decoction to the ingredients in the percolator, and then add water till two quarts have passed. To this add two pounds of sugar, and evaporate on the water bath to one quart. Mix the two products. I have used this preparation to great advantage in spermatorrhea. Dose, a tablespoonful four times a day.
William Cook, MD, The Physiomedical Dispensatory, 1869
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