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"The significance Xi has accorded BRICS stands in contrast to his relative ambivalence toward the G20." Olivia Cheung, China's Global Strategy Under Xi Jinping

"Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian." Melville, Moby Dick

word inventors: Étienne Cabet: "communism" Pierre Leroux: "socialism", "solidarity" Charles Fourier: "feminism" France was a hotbed of word creation from Evans, A Pursuit of Power.

At this point I'm just assuming that all PhD holders plagiarized parts of their dissertation. Tangentially related to CalTech's approach to admissions: www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

The ‘Fraud Squad’ at Caltech Will Catch You if You Lie on Your ApplicationInvestigators at the college vet every admitted student’s application as schools nationwide battle AI-fueled cheating.www.wsj.com

"Early industrialization in Europe was no respecter of borders; it was characterized above all by the borrowing of techniques, the migration of labour, and the spread of investment and expertise from country to country." Evans, The Pursuit of Power

"Here what marked out Britain from the rest of Europe in the industrial sphere was above all its early use of coal as a source of energy and its continued domination of coal production well into the second half of the century." Evans ,The Pursuit of Power

"These revolutions, and those that swept across Europe in 1830, were the aftershocks of the great political earthquake of 1789." Evans, The Pursuit of Power

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” 1 Corinthians 1:19

"In crushing the Polish uprising, Tsar Nicholas I had flagrantly defied the Vienna Settlement, which had granted Congress Poland a substantial degree of autonomy." Evans, The Pursuit of Power

"everybody else is one way or other served in much the same way—either in a physical or metaphysical point of view, that is; and so the universal thump is passed round, and all hands should rub each other’s shoulder-blades, and be content." Melville, Moby Dick

"Ivan's exaggerated autocracy provided his country with a model for future rules, in addition to leaving it with a heavy burden." Roeck, The World at First Light

"Between 1700 and 1900, English cotton cloth production grew seven hundred times, pig iron production three hundred times." Roeck, The World at First Light

"Everywhere that Napoleon had ruled he had replaced encrusted custom and privilege with rationality and uniformity." Richard J. Evans, The Pursuit of Power, p.15

"If the Gospel and the apostles may be credited, no man can be a Christian without charity and without that faith which works, not by force, but by love. " John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration

"reactionary movement 'are dogged in their determination to restore America's greatness by turning to times past as a means of addressing contemporary problems.'" Parker and Lavine, Status Threat: The Core of Reactionary Politics, DOI: 10.1111/pops.12983

"Galileo possessed no shortage of self-confidence" Roeck, The World at First Light

I love these athletes' advice articles. Professional athletes have more credibility on mentality than anyone I've seen on LinkedIn www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

We asked 13 athletes for the best mental advice they’ve ever receivedSteph Curry, Jason Kelce and Charles Barkley share their best mental advice.www.nytimes.com

"The fact that Europe's learned men did not remain in awe of ancient monuments but rather dared to topple them is one of the most astounding aspects of the history of science." Roeck, The World at First Light

"Silver finally gave the Spanish a commodity the Asian markets craved, especially after China's paper money system went up in the flames of inflation. Silver became the super fuel of a nascent worldwide super-economy, powering the imperialism of Catholic kings." Roeck, The World at First Light