Sunday

[monk222]

Pop begins washing his clothes just as I am ready to dive hard into a much needed nap. Death by a thousand cuts, or a lot of lost sleep. ... ... Masha Gessen: "Fascists the world over have gained popularity by calling forth the idea that the world is rotten to the core." [NYT] ... ... Lincoln's first speech running for office in Illinois: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet to be developed. I am young and unknown to many of you. I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me. My case is thrown exclusively upon the independent voters of this county, and if elected they will have conferred a favor upon me, for which I shall be unremitting in my labors to compensate. But if the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the back ground, I have been too familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined." [Lincoln online]