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THE GOOD: random selections from my collection historical references in support of LOVE

“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” rollo may
[Quotation: On great spirits] Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ein
[Quotation: On counting] Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Einstein
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music... I do know that I get most joy in life out of my violin. Einstein
I Like this quote I dislike this quote“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death” Einstein

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crapulent |ˈkrapyələnt| adjective poetic/literary of or relating to the drinking of alcohol or drunkenness. DERIVATIVES crapulence |ˈkrøpjələns| noun crapulous |-yələs| |ˈkrøpjələs| adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin crapulentus ‘very drunk,’ from Latin crapula ‘inebriation,’ from Greek kraipalē ‘drunken headache.’
dispensation |ˌdispənˈsā sh ən; -pen-| noun 1 exemption from a rule or usual requirement : although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play two matches | they were given a dispensation to take most of the first week off. • permission to be exempted from the laws or observances of a church : he received papal dispensation to hold a number of benefices. 2 a system of order, government, or organization of a nation, community, etc., esp. as existing at a particular time : scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation. • (in Christian theology) a divinely ordained order prevailing at a particular period of history : the Mosaic dispensation. • archaic an act of divine providence : the laws to which the creator in all his dispensations conforms. 3 the action of distributing or supplying something : regulations controlling dispensation of medications. DERIVATIVES dispensational |- sh ənl| |ˈdɪspənˈseɪʃənl| |ˈdɪspənˈseɪʃnəl| adjective ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin dispensatio(n-), from the verb dispensare (see dispense ).
Citations:context Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary Jump to: navigation, search Citations of context * 1949: S. I. Hayakawa, Language in Thought and Action o Interpretation must be based, therefore, on the totality of contexts. If it were otherwise, we should not be able to account for the fact that even if we fail to use the right (customary) words in some situations, people can very frequently understand us. For example: A: Gosh, look at that second baseman go! B (looking): You mean the shortstop? A: Yes, that's what I mean. (p.61-2) o It is clear, then, that the ignoring of contexts in any act of interpretation is at best a stupid practice. At its worst, it can be a vicious practice. (p.62)
* re·con·tex·tu·al·ize * Pronunciation: \ˌrē-kən-ˈteks-chə-wə-ˌlīz, -chə-ˌlīz\ * Function: transitive verb * Date: 1978 : to place in a different (new) context
pluperfect |ˌploōˈpərfikt| adjective & noun another term for past perfect . • [as adj. ] more than perfect : they have one pluperfect daughter and are expecting an ideal little brother for her. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from modern Latin plusperfectum, from Latin (tempus praeteritum) plus quam perfectum ‘(past tense) more than perfect.’