Category Archives: Excerpts

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Selected “Fragments” by Michael Maynard Slingerland

Posted on December 19, 2003 by jnshk

I decided to peruse my bookshelf last night while unable to sleep, and I found an old book of poetry that I had purchased long ago from a Kanawha County Libraries book sale. I decided to read through it, and … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on being square

Posted on December 7, 2003 by jnshk

Sydney Smith (1771–1845), a witty parson, writes the following in his Sketches of Moral Philosophy: If you choose to represent the various parts in life by holes upon a table, of different shapes—some circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong—and … Continue reading →

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Required Reading

Posted on December 7, 2003 by jnshk

The following transcriptions were taken from two of the books that my class was required to read for Geology 103 with the illustrious Dick Smosna. The passages really stood out to me as I read them, and so I wanted … Continue reading →

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