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Apr 22, 2008 4:31:39 GMT
Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 22, 2008 4:31:39 GMT
President of the United States Richard Milhous Nixon died on April 22nd, 1994. Picture:
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Apr 23, 2008 14:50:27 GMT
Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 23, 2008 14:50:27 GMT
Miguel de Cervantes died on April 23rd, 1616.
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Apr 23, 2008 22:54:07 GMT
Post by cleglaw on Apr 23, 2008 22:54:07 GMT
Let us not forget William Shakespeare who died in 1616 on April 23.
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come". ( Julius Caesar Act II, Scene II).
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Apr 23, 2008 22:56:30 GMT
Post by cleglaw on Apr 23, 2008 22:56:30 GMT
And from Cervantes: Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.
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Apr 24, 2008 1:28:02 GMT
Post by mobbie on Apr 24, 2008 1:28:02 GMT
I'm not posting to cause a debate nor to argue :3 even so- I am amazed how some can so faithfully believe that the death will not be the end of their existence. To me it is quite obvious that once you´re going, you better be happy with what you did, because you won't be doing anything ever again, and you'll simply disappear. My goal in life is naturally not to die, being a born rebel. My backup plan in case I DO die (there's a slight chance, I'll admit) is to just have lived a perfect life. I think I'll seize to exist happy knowing that.
It should be noted, I live in sweden..... Sweden has just about the lowest % of believers in the world. And the few who are religious always comment "well, I don't believe in god, but something"...... very uncool! :3
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Apr 24, 2008 15:45:04 GMT
Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 24, 2008 15:45:04 GMT
Proverbs 26:4 "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him." Now, let's carry on with the thread shall we? On April 24th, 1342 Pope Benedict XII died.
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Apr 25, 2008 2:18:28 GMT
Post by ss on Apr 25, 2008 2:18:28 GMT
And from Cervantes: Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other. And from the Apostle Paul talking about Jesus: "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." (Heb 2:14-15) and again, "---but now once in the end of the world hath he (Christ) appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement." (Heb 9:26,27)
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Apr 25, 2008 2:51:41 GMT
Post by cleglaw on Apr 25, 2008 2:51:41 GMT
Lee Kim Lai, an officer of the Singapore Police Force was murdered on 25 April 1978 for his service revolver.
Ecclesiastes - Chapter 7 A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.
Ecclesiastes - Chapter 12 And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God, Who gave it.
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Apr 25, 2008 5:15:08 GMT
Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 25, 2008 5:15:08 GMT
On April 25th, 1995 Ginger Rogers died. Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. To quote Shakespeare: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts..."
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Apr 26, 2008 4:48:19 GMT
Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 26, 2008 4:48:19 GMT
On April 26th, 1865- John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S President Abraham Lincoln was tracked down and killed by Union soldiers. "Sic semper tyrannis" (Latin for "Thus always to tyrants", the Virginia state motto) To quote Jesus Christ: For all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. (Matthew 26:52b)
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Apr 27, 2008 3:12:48 GMT
Post by cleglaw on Apr 27, 2008 3:12:48 GMT
Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer who sailed around the world, died on April 27, 1521.
------------------ A woman was crying bitterly at the side of the road. When a passing monk saw her , he kindly asked her what was troubling her. She said, "My only son has just died!" The monk hit her and said, "There! That will give you something to cry about." - A Zen story
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Apr 27, 2008 5:51:43 GMT
Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 27, 2008 5:51:43 GMT
On April 27, 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century, died. Some things he said: "Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." When asked to sum up his work, he said his central doctrine was "the infinitude of the private man." "We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related, the eternal ONE. And this deep power in which we exist and whose beatitude is all accessible to us, is not only self-sufficing and perfect in every hour, but the act of seeing and the thing seen, the seer and the spectacle, the subject and the object, are one. We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are shining parts, is the soul."
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Apr 28, 2008 4:01:59 GMT
Post by cleglaw on Apr 28, 2008 4:01:59 GMT
April 28, 1999 Arthur Schawlow, physicist, co-inventer of the laser, died. linkThere is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death
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Apr 28, 2008 9:20:23 GMT
Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 28, 2008 9:20:23 GMT
April 28, 1945 - Benito Mussolini, "Il Duce", Italian fascist dictator, was shot dead. Some quotes on him (by himself unless noted): "Race! It is a feeling, not a reality: ninety-five percent, at least, is a feeling. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today. [...] National pride has no need of the delirium of race." "So long as the Duce lives, one can rest assured that Italy will seize every opportunity to achieve its imperialistic aims." —Adolf Hitler, late November 1939. "War is Great! War is what makes a man complete! War is to a man what maternity is to a woman!"
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Apr 29, 2008 8:01:01 GMT
Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 29, 2008 8:01:01 GMT
On April 29, 1380 - Catherine of Siena, Italian saint, died. LIFE: A native of Siena, Catherine received no formal education. At the age of seven she consecrated her virginity to Christ despite her family's opposition. Her parents wanted her to live a normal life and marry, but against her parents' will, she dedicated her life to praying, meditating and living in total solitude into her late teens. At the age of sixteen, she took the habit of the Dominican Tertiaries. Catherine dedicated her life to helping the ill and the poor, where she took care of them in hospitals or homes. She rounded up a group of followers, both women and men, and traveled with them along Northern Italy where they asked for a reform of the clergy, the launch of a new crusade and advised people that repentance and renewal could be done through "the total love for God." Catherine also dedicated her life to the study of religious texts. (Quoted from Wikipedia)
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Apr 29, 2008 10:27:45 GMT
Post by cleglaw on Apr 29, 2008 10:27:45 GMT
1980 - Alfred Hitchcock, English film director died. -------------------- You should die daily. When one dies while living, then he contacts the True Name. - Sawan Singh
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Apr 30, 2008 8:36:47 GMT
Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 30, 2008 8:36:47 GMT
On April 30, 1900, John Luther "Casey" Jones died a true hero's death saving the lives of his passengers onboard a passenger train in Vaughan, Mississippi on a foggy and rainy night. Excerpts from "The Ballad of Casey Jones": The caboose number 83 was on the main line, Casey's last words were "Jump, Sim, while you have the time. "At 3:52 that morning came the fareful end, Casey took his farewell trip to the promised land. Casey Jones, he died at the throttle, With the whistle in his hand. Casey Jones, he died at the throttlle, But we'll all see Casey in the promised land. His wife and three children were left to mourn The tragic death of Casey on that April morn. May God through His goodness keep them by His grace Till they all meet together in that heavenly place. Casey's body lies buried in Jackson, Tennessee Close beside the tracks of the old I.C. May his spirit live forever throughout the land As the greatest of all heroes of a railroad man.
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