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Of all discoveries and opinions, none may have exerted a greater effect on the human spirit than the doctrine of Copernicus. The world had scarcely become known as round and complete in itself when it was asked to waive the tremendous privilege of being the center of the universe. Never, perhaps, was a greater demand made on mankind – for by this admission so many things vanished in mist and smoke! What became of our Eden, our world of innocence, piety and poetry; the testimony of the senses; the conviction of a poetic – religious faith? No wonder his contemporaries did not wish to let all this go and offered every possible resistance to a doctrine which in its converts authorized and demanded a freedom of view and greatness of thought so far unknown, indeed not even dreamed of. I can't act. I have never acted. And I shall never act. What I can do is suspend my audience's power of judgement till I've finished. |
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England is my wife. America is my mistress. It is very good sometimes to get away from one's wife.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
The last refuge of optimism in a world of gloom.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke; on TV commercials
Let one dim-witted schoolboy scrawl 'lousy' on his card, and the entire studio may be stampeded the following morning in an executive meeting to discuss slicing and revising the picture to shreds. On Hollywood's theory that the customer must know best, the schoolboy's 'lousy' is regarded as the last word in dramatic criticism.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke; on 'sneak previews'
It stands to reason that self-righteous, inflexible, single-minded, authoritarian true believers are politically organized.
Open-minded, flexible, complex, ambiguous, anti-authoritarian people would just as soon be left to mind their own f***ing business.
RU Sirius, who announced his candidacy for President of the USA on February 19,
2000; from How To Mutate and Take Over The World
A round-faced, wildly entertaining little fellow whose grin exposes a prominent front-tooth gap; a sort of slightly off-center David Letterman with a foot long mane who looks like he's always on the verge of doing something really weird.
Doug Rennie, Willamette Week, on RU Sirius
... a young Jewish intellectual from upstate New York. With his silky long hair, starting eyes, crumpled black hat, and black snakeskin boots, he looks like something out of the Mad Hatter's tea party as imagined by Richard Brautigan.
London Sunday Times Magazine, on RU Sirius
At the center of his own media zeitgeist, surrounded by megalomaniac eroticism and the vapor of his own weirdness ...
Lisa Palac, Future Sex, on RU Sirius
But if we have to
use force, it is because we are America; we are the indispensable nation.
We stand tall and we
see further than other countries into the future ...
Madeleine
Albright, 64th
US Secretary of State; demonstrating that you don't
have to be a Republican to think like one; NBC-TV Today Show,
February 19, 1998 Source
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Vendémiaire | Brumaire | Frimaire | Nivôse | Pluviôse | Ventôse | Germinal | Floréal | Prairial | Messidor | Thermidor | Fructidor | Sansculottides
First day of month
of
Ventôse (Windy month), French
Revolutionary Calendar
On October 24, 1793 the French National Convention adopted the French Republican Calendar (French Revolutionary Calendar) retrospectively from September 22, 1792.
Napoleon Bonaparte abolished it and restored the Gregorian calendar on January 1, 1806 (the day after 10 nivôse an XIV), a little over twelve years after its introduction. However, it was used again during the brief Paris Commune in 1871 (year LXXIX).
It was designed by the politician and agronomist Charles Gilbert Romme, although it is usually attributed to Fabre d'Églantine, who invented the descriptive names of the months. Instead of most days having a saint as in the Catholic Church's calendar, each day has a plant, a tool or an animal associated with it. Some enthusiasts in France still use the calendar.
Each month lasted 30 days and was divided into three decades. Every day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day (Decadi) of every decade, which had the name of a domestic animal (Quintidi) or an agricultural tool (Decadi).
Autumn
Vendémiaire (from Latin vindemia, 'vintage'), begins Sep 22, 23 or 24
Brumaire (from French brume, 'mist'), begins Oct 22, 23 or 24
Frimaire (From French frimas, 'frost'), begins Nov 21, 22 or 23Winter
Nivôse (from Latin nivosus, 'snowy'), begins Dec 21, 22 or 23
Pluviôse (from Latin pluviosus, 'rainy'), begins Jan 20, 21 or 22
Ventôse (from Latin ventosus, 'windy'), begins Feb 19, 20 or 21Spring
Germinal (from Latin germen, 'seed'), begins Mar 20 or 21
Floréal (from Latin flos, 'flower'), begins Apr 20 or 21
Prairial (from French prairie, 'meadow'), begins May 20 or 21Summer
Messidor (from Latin messis, 'harvest'), begins Jun 19 or 20
Thermidor (from Greek thermos, 'hot'), begins Jul 19 or 20
Fructidor (from Latin fructus, 'fruits'), begins Aug 18 or 19
Sansculottides
The Sansculottides
(also Epagomenes; French Sans-culottides, Sanculottides,
jours complementaires, jours épagomènes) are the end of
the calendar. They follow Fructidor
and precede Vendémiaire
of the next year, belonging to the summer quarter of the year.
The Sansculottides, named after the Sansculottes, amend the 360 days of the calendar so that the beginning of the next year is on the autumnal equinox. There were five Sansculottides in a common year and six in a leap year (from this derives the French name of the leap year année sextile). The Sansculottides start on September 17 or 18 and end on September 22 or 23.
| 1re Décade | 2e Décade | 3e Décade | ||||
| Primidi | 1. | Pomme (Apple) | 11. | Salsifis (Salsify) | 21. | Bacchante (asarum baccharis) |
| Duodi | 2. | Céleri (Celery) | 12. | Macre (Water Chestnut) | 22. | Azerole (Crete Hawthorn) |
| Tridi | 3. | Poire (Pear) | 13. | Topinambour (Jerusalem Artichoke) | 23. | Garence (Madder) |
| Quartidi | 4. | Betterave (Beet Root) | 14. | Endive (Endive) | 24. | Orange (Orange) |
| Quintidi | 5. | Oye (Goose) | 15. | Dindon (Turkey) | 25. | Faisan (Pheasant) |
| Sextidi | 6. | Héliotrope (European Turnsole) | 16. | Chervi (Skirret) | 26. | Pistache (Pistachio) |
| Septidi | 7. | Figue (Fig) | 17. | Cresson (Cress) | 27. | Macjonc (Sweetpea) |
| Octidi | 8. | Scorsonère (Black Salsify) | 18. | Dentelaire (Leadwort) | 28. | Coing (Quince) |
| Nonidi | 9. | Alisier (Chequer Tree) | 19. | Grenade (Pomegranate) | 29. | Cormier (Service Tree) |
| Decadi | 10. | Charrue (Plough) | 20. | Herse (Harrow) | 30. | Rouleau (Roller) |
Source: Wikipedia Website converts Gregorian calendar to FRC (and has desktop program)
High resolution image of the calendar by Louis-Philibert Debucourt (951x1098, 486 KB)
Antique Decimal Watches Criticisms and shortcomings of the FRC Julian day calculator (pop-up)
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