Many years ago while a student, attended a lecture by guy who had done extensive analysis of 19th century French police records. In which he discussed differences between men and women, also between … (View Post)

Here is a bit of poesy from the introduction to Njegos - MONTENEGRO Alfred Lord Tennyson O smallest among peoples! rough rock-throne Of Freedom! Warriors beating back the swarm Of Turkish Islam for f… (View Post)

Just signed up myself and checked out for an hour, in part to see how much hassle it is to take out for subsequent hours. Have been looking for this book off and on for years, had a copy years ago bu… (View Post)

Man, you're on fire today - you have a Mordaunt wit! (View Post)

Re: Austria-Hungary and the Adriatic, a decade or so before WW1, in the twilight years of the Hapsburg Empire, a young American, Fiorello La Guardia, was US consul stationed at the seaport of Fiume, … (View Post)