Wendell Berry (born August 5, 1934)

There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again and again to say "It is yet more difficult than you thought." This is the muse of form. It may be then that form serves us best when it works as an obstruction, to baffle us and deflect our intended course. It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.
Wendell Berry

The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

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Superman: Secret Origin

Great Freemasons: General Malin Craig (August 5, 1875 – July 25, 1945)

Malin Craig (August 5, 1875 – July 25, 1945) was a United States Army general who served as Army Chief of Staff from 1935 to 1939. He was recalled to active duty during World War II.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malin_Craig

(Union Lodge 7, Junction City, KS K.:.C.:.C.:.H.:.)

Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947)

Great Freemasons: William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838)

Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be.
William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838)


William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in prestatehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Missouri.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Clark_%28explorer%29

( St. Louis Lodge 111)

Strawman

Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006)

Here's a whole mess of Milton memes, for Milton Friedman's Birthday!