Not tangential, radial, or even circumferential, but right on the center. Hearing the letter with this musical accompaniment on the radio this morning is what led me to post this. So poignant, sad, beautiful.
Well, the Greco-Persian war allowed what we now call western civilization to develop. The American Civil War ended slavery in the United States. The Second World War converted Germany and Japan from military-industrial neocolonial empires into modern democracies.
All at unimaginable but apparently not unbearable costs.
Somewhat tangential, but… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaCazf36D3k&a…
Not tangential, radial, or even circumferential, but right on the center. Hearing the letter with this musical accompaniment on the radio this morning is what led me to post this. So poignant, sad, beautiful.
Well, the Greco-Persian war allowed what we now call western civilization to develop. The American Civil War ended slavery in the United States. The Second World War converted Germany and Japan from military-industrial neocolonial empires into modern democracies.
All at unimaginable but apparently not unbearable costs.
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