“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.” – James Baldwin
Jul 19, 2025
“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant
Jul 18, 2025
“We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.” – Ivan Turgenev
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“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.” – Douglas William Jerrold
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“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.” – G. K. Chesterton
Jul 15, 2025
On this day 153 years ago, records reveal that the first Men's Singles championship was played at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon. It would eventually become the world's most celebrated tennis championship, known as one of the four "Grand Slams" in the international season. A 27-year-old named Spencer Gore was the first lawn tennis champion in England, beating William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. READ a little more... (1877)
