ellauri063.html on line 433: The novel's title is from Hamlet, Act V, Scene 1, in which Hamlet holds the skull of the court jester, Yorick, and says, "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is!" Wallace's working title for Infinite Jest was A Failed Entertainment. (PST: Hamnetista on lisää paasausta albumissa 61.)
ellauri111.html on line 126: The Apocrypha contains fabulous statements which not only contradict the "canonical" scriptures but themselves. For example, in the two Books of Maccabees, Antiochus Epiphanes is made to die three different deaths in three different places. Failed born again Christians can expect a maximum of 2.
ellauri141.html on line 476: Seuraavan kahden vuoden aikana hän julkaisi romaanin Valon kadotessa (The Light that Failed), sai hermoromahduksen ja tapasi amerikkalaisen kirjailijan ja kustantajan Wolcott Balestierin, jonka kanssa yhteistyössä hän kirjoitti romaanin The Naulahka (1892). Kipling lähti 1891 lääkäreidensä neuvosta merimatkalle vieraillakseen Etelä-Afrikassa, Australiassa, Uudessa-Seelannissa ja jälleen kerran Intiassa. Kiplingin piti viettää joulu perheensä kanssa Intiassa, mutta kuultuaan Balestierin kuolleen lavantautiin hän päätti palata välittömästi Lontooseen. Ennen paluutaan hän oli sähkeitse pyytänyt Wollcottin siskon Caroline Starr Balestierin (1862–1939) kättä. ”Carrien” hän oli tavannut aiemmin ja hänellä oli ollut tämän kanssaan ilmeisesti ajoittainen romanssi.
ellauri471.html on line 361: The phrase "I chose freedom" is famously associated with the title of a best-selling book and is commonly used in discussions about political defection, personal liberation, and philosophical choice. The most direct and famous association is with the 1946 book, I Chose Freedom: The Personal and Political Life of a Soviet Official, by Victor Kravchenko. Kravchenko, a high-ranking Soviet official, defected to the United States during World War II and wrote the memoir to expose the brutalities of Stalin's regime, including the Gulag system and the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine. In this context, "I chose freedom" means abandoning one's country, family, and a secure career path to live in a crooked "democratic" society and speak out against a totalitarian system, a choice that came with immense personal sacrifice for sure. "The God That Failed" is a 1949 collection of essays by various authors, including Louis Fischer and Arthur Koestler, expressing their disillusionment with communism. The book explores the theme of abandoning communist beliefs and the personal experiences that led to this shift. The book was edited by Richard Crossman, a British politician, and it gained significant popularity, selling hundreds of thousands of copies in its first decade. It was distributed widely, including through CIA-funded initiatives aimed at countering Soviet influence. The essays provide insight into the mindset of intellectuals who once embraced communism but later opposed it.
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