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Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860)

Meistens belehrt uns erst der Verlust über den Wert der Dinge.
(Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.)
Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860)

(Art by Alex Ross)

Great Freemasons: Frederick Louis Maytag I (July 14, 1857 – March 26, 1937)

"In all business, there is a factor which cannot be compensated for in dollars and cents or computed by any measure. It has no relation or connection with the mercenary and is represented only by the spirit of love which the true craftsman holds for his job and the things he is trying to accomplish."
Frederick Louis Maytag I (July 14, 1857 – March 26, 1937)



Frederick Louis Maytag I also known as F. L. Maytag, founded the Maytag Company.
http://www.nndb.com/people/533/000165038/

(Newton Lodge 59, Newton, Iowa)

Tom Woods: The Libertarian Speech I Would Deliver to the Whole Country

Famous Freemasons: Norman Vincent Peale

Great Freemasons: Hal G. Evarts (August 24, 1887 - October 18, 1934)

Hal G. Evarts, Author. (August 24, 1887 - October 18, 1934) In his early life he was a surveyor in the Indian Territory, rancher, trapper and guide. Among his writings are Passing of the Old West; The Yellow Horde; The Settling of the Sage; Fur Sign; Tumbleweed; Spanish Acres; The Painted Stallion; The Moccasin Telegraph; Fur Brigade; Tomahawk Rights; The Shaggy Legion and Short-grass.


(Lodge Unknown).

Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

So Ben Affleck is Batman....

Great Freemasons: Jonathan Mayhew "Skinny" Wainwright IV (August 23, 1883 – September 2, 1953)

Jonathan Mayhew "Skinny" Wainwright IV (August 23, 1883 – September 2, 1953) was a career American army officer and the commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II. Wainwright is a recipient of the Medal of Honor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_M._Wainwright_%28general%29

(Union Lodge No. 7, Junction City, Kansas)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (29 May 1917 – 22 November 1963)

A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (29 May 1917 – 22 November 1963), Profiles in Courage (1956)