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“The standoff had already lasted five days. "It was a Monday, the 3rd of October 1502," wrote Tomé Lopes: "a date that I will remember every day of my life." By now Gama's soldiers had removed all the weapons they could find from the Arab ship. It was a sitting duck, and the admiral ordered his men into their boats. Their task was simple. They were to tow the Mîrî out to sea until it was safely away from the Portuguese fleet. Then they were to set it alight and burn it with everyone on board. The soldiers marched onto the Mîrî, set fires across the decks, and jumped back into the boats as the flames licked and the smoke billowed. Some of the Muslims rushed to smother the fires, and one by one they stamped them out. Others dragged out several small bombards they had managed to hide from the search party, and they hurriedly set them up. The pilgrims and merchants ran to grab anything that could serve as ammunition, including fist-sized stones from the piles of ballast in the hold. There was clearly no chance of surrender, and they were determined to die fighting rather than burn to death. When the soldiers in the boats saw the fires go out they rowed back to light them again. As they approached, women and men alike fired the bombards and hurled the stones. The Europeans cowered under the hail of missiles and beat a fast retreat. From a distance they tried to sink the Mîrî with their bombards, but the guns carried on the boats were too small to inflict real damage. The Muslim women tore off their jewelry, clutched the gold, silver, and precious stones in their fists, and shook them at the boats, screaming at their attackers to take everything they had. They held up their babies and little children and desperately pleaded with the Christians to take pity on the innocents. One last time, the merchants shouted and gestured that they would pay a great ransom if their lives were spared. Gama watched, hidden from sight, through a loophole in the side of his ship. Tomé Lopes was stunned: shocked by the admiral's refusal to relent, and amazed that he was willing to turn down such wealth. There was no doubt in his mind that the ransom would have been enough to buy the freedom of every Christian prisoner in Morocco and still leave great treasure for the king. Bergamo and his fellow factors were no doubt wondering just how much of their profit would go up in smoke. Yet there were plenty of zealous Christians among the crews who had no more qualms than their Crusader forebears about killing peaceful merchants and pilgrims. The dehumanizing notion that their enemies in faith were somehow not real people was too deeply ingrained to be shaken. Like holy warriors before and after, they avoided looking into the whites of their victims' eyes and got on with their godly business.”
Source: The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages Of Vasco Da Gama by Nigel Cliff
“The STANDPIPE
Many people have made fun about those dingy white cemented standpipes; many have fallen down and bruised their knees after sliding, while fetching water in their metal buckets.
Yeah, that’s what we called them back then “Go and catch a bucket of water-the pipes gone off”
That’s what my mother used to say,
“But I am going to be late fuh school again.” I always lamented.
After a Sunday afternoon at Brandon’s beach, the water from the standpipe always felt good, especially after washing off the gritty sand from my feet and my bathing suit.
Coming home from a long afternoon at the beach, a little water from the standpipe, provided instant relief.
Long lines of people from Clevedale, Fairfield, Belfield and Seclusion Road,
Fetching water and hurrying each other up, no time for false pride,
The highfalutin neighbor was in line too, standing pouting on the other side
Authors: Charmaine J. Forde
Credit: Dr. Karl Watson (Barbados)”
“The standpoint of the man who relies on religious experience for capturing Reality must always remain individual and incommunicable.”
“The standpoint to be expressed is perfectly clear. The knowledge of having dominion over the world which is part of the Christian Faith, creates strong characters that cannot be shaken. It gives men a feeling of great stability in the vicissitudes of life, a steady purpose in all the activities of this world, an unconditional reliability and fidelity in all the changes of time, an untiring diligence in everything that has to be accomplished.
When the nucleus of a nation is composed of men of this stamp, or when a spirit such as this dominates a people, a wonderful source of strength thus exists for them. For men of this kind guarantee invincible calm, endurance, equability and steadfastness of soul in the spirit of the nation. This spirit can moreover, preserve a nation from inner disintegration and dissolution, and can guide it from an era of destruction into an age of reconstruction, of unity and solidarity.
Consequently the permanent recovery of our German Volk also comes “from within”, that is to say from the sources of holy life dwelling in the depths of the soul by virtue of kinship with God. And precisely in the heroic fight to be won before our Volk can hope to recover from its collapse, there can be no better source of strength than the life-giving streams that flow from the depths of the Godhead into the soul of the nation open to receive them. For the consciousness of having dominion over the world gives God’s children strength to overcome all difficulties, to become indomitable fighters, to ward off every danger in a cheerful spirit, to break down all obstacles boldly and courageously, and form a brave knighthood scorning death and the devil.”
Source: Positive Christianity in the Third Reich
“The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.”
“The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its production, - is fine wool.”
Source: Two expeditions into the interior of Southern Australia: during the years 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831 with observations on ... New South Wales
“The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there will next come a period of wars, seditions, captivity and death of princes, and destruction of cities, together with dryness and fiery meteors in the air, pestilence, and venomous snakes. Lastly, the star became like Saturn, and there will finally come a time of want, death, imprisonment and all sorts of sad things.”
“The star is the ultimate American verification of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile. His mere existence proves the perfectability of any man or woman. Oh wonderful pliability of human nature, in a society where anyone can become a celebrity! And where any celebrity . . . may become a star!”
“The star of a man glows at birth, brightens on later years and dims at death.”
Source: Great Reflections on Success
“The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that led the wise men to the fulfillment of their expectations, the success of their expedition. Nothing in this world is more fundamental for success in life than hope, and this star pointed to our only source for true hope: Jesus Christ.”
“The star of revolution will rise high above the streets of Moscow, from a sea of blood and fire, and turn into a lodestar to lead a liberated humanity”
“The star of the Magi which pointed so unerringly to the cradle of Christ points not less unerringly to one of the sources from which Christ came.”
“The star of the team IS the team. 'We' supercedes 'me'.”
“The star only rises at Nightfall.”
Source: Nightfall
“The star player must slay his ego and learn teamwork and communication skills before he can achieve the ultimate in sport”
“The star rises from the east. Watch out!”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“The star rises from the east. Watch out! Your star will guide you.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“The star shines for everyone in the world, but in reality, it itself is surrounded in darkness.”
“the star that I was wishing
the light that I was kissing
sitting back and reminiscing
that night, it was missing.”
“The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.”
“The Star Trek computer doesn't seem that interesting. They ask it random questions, it thinks for a while. I think we can do better than that.”
“The star-crossed lovers”
Source: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
“The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary.”
“The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.”
“The stares that had haunted and followed the terrifying killer everywhere he turned had been nothing but a boy's imitation of a mother's reproachful look.
No, Herman would never guess what had driven him out of town. We hadn't accused him of a man's murder.
We'd accused him of a seagull's.”
Source: We, the Drowned
“The stark and tragic images of human suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have reminded us yet again that civil rights and equal rights are still the great unfinished business of America. The suffering has been disproportionately borne by the weak, the poor, the elderly and infirm, and largely African-Americans, who were forced by poverty, illness, unequal opportunity to stay behind and bear the brunt of the storm's winds and floods. I believe that kind of disparate impact is morally wrong in this, the richest country in the world.”
“The stark nakedness and simplicity of the conflict with which humanity is oppressed - that of getting angry with and wishing to hurt the very person who is most loved.”
“The stark nude trees
are old and surviving
without attempting modesty.”
Source: Rosa Scriptum
“The stark reality facing us today is that without the labour reforms, workers will get neither the income nor jobs in the face of cut-throat global economic competition.”
“The stark truth is that as long as the welfare state makes it possible for young women - or teenage girls - to have children without a husband and survive without a job, out-of-wedlock births will remain ruinously high, and the inner city will continue to be marked by crime, poverty, and despair.”
Source: Libertarianism: A Primer
“The starkness of winter can reveal colours we would otherwise miss. I once watched a fox cross a frosty field, her coat shining against the gloom. Walking in the bare winter woodland, I am surrounded by astonishing foxy reds: the deep burnish of bracken, it’s dry fronds twisted to lacework; the deep crimson leaves left on brambles; the last remaining berries on honeysuckle and orange clusters of rose hips. The iconic holly, it’s boughs so thoroughly raided each Christmas. There is the bright yellow of gorse on heathland, going on until spring comes, as well as stately evergreens and the tangle of green leaves that remain unnoticed on the ground. Life goes on abundantly in winter – changes made here will usher us into future glories.”
Source: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
“The starlings swooped, writing a poem across the heavens that only God could read.”
Source: The Book of Boy
“The starry brocade of the summer night Is linked to us as part of our estate; And every bee that wings its sidelong flight Assurance of a sweeter, fairer fate.”
Source: The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems
“The starry cope Of heaven.”
Source: Paradise lost
“The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur. This cannot be owing to the stars themselves, separately considered. The number is certainly the cause. The apparent disorder augments the grandeur, for the appearance of care is highly contrary to our ideas of magnificence. Besides, the stars lie in such apparent confusion, as makes it impossible on ordinary occasions to reckon them. This gives them the advantage of a sort of infinity.”
Source: The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke
“The starry night sky echoed across my thoughts, the expanse of my own void filtered in its quiet solitude.”
Source: The Rose and the Sword
“The starry sky began to shine,when assigned night spread with its ‘moon lamp’ for all of the wistful thoughts lay,below the tormented Earth’s nocturnal light and those splendid visions caught my pounding spirits.”
Source: Venus and Crepuscule
“The starry sky is absolutely gorgeous tonight. Maybe I'll see a shooting star and can make a wish...especially since I'm getting told to get off my phone.”
“The starry sky is the truest friend in life, when you first become acquainted; it is ever there, it gives ever peace, ever reminds you that your restlessness, your doubt, your pains are passing trivialities. The universe is and will remain unshaken. Our opinions, our struggles, or sufferings are not so important and unique, when all is said and done.”
“The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection, in which are reflected the mythologems, i.e., the archetypes. In this vision astrology and alchemy, the two classical functionaries of the psychology of the collective unconscious, join hands.”
Source: The structure and dynamics of the psyche
“The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection.”
Source: The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Structure and dynamics of the psyche
“The stars above Italian clubs' badges shows you how many times they have won the Gazetta.”
“The stars above us ask so little,
despite our cells,
coursing with their dust. To err is constant-
someday, all the things we believe will seem ancient.
Perhaps, we'll live more times than once.
Eventually, we will all flee toward the coastline.
The world we ignore most and understand least
will call us back to give up our toenails for tails,
cover our breasts with starfish and numinous scales.
Tell me, how will a cellist sound beneath the sea?”
Source: Former Possessions of the Spanish Empire
“The stars above will be below when man has Love.”
“The stars alone, cheerful whisperers, confer quietly with each of us like friends; they give ear to our sorrows smilingly, like wise old men, rich in tolerance; and by their double scale, so small to the eye, so vast to the imagination, they keep before the mind the double character of man’s nature and fate.”
Source: Prince Otto: a Romance
“The stars and the rivers
and waves call you back.”
“The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes”
Source: Down and Out in Paris and London
“The Stars are a long way off, and their words get somewhat dulled in the message.”
Source: Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
“The stars are a reminder that even in our darkest moments, there is always something bigger and more beautiful to strive for.”
“The stars are a reminder that we are all part of something bigger, a cosmic tapestry weaving together the threads of the universe.”