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Freydis
Freydís joins an expedition to Vinland led by Þorfinnr Karlsefni. Her major part in the story is intervening in a battle between the Norse and the native Skrælingjar. The natives are mounting an attack and have driven the Norse into a retreat. Freydis came out and saw how they were retreating. She called out, “Why [...]
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The Merovingian
…According to another legend, Merovech was conceived when Pharamond’s wife encountered a Quinotaur, a sea monster which could change shapes while swimming. Though never stated, it is implied that she was impregnated by it….. The sea monster could have been a foreign conqueror, coming from the sea, taking the dead king’s(Chlodio or Pharamond) wife to [...]
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Communication
“The search for the mot juste is not a pedantic fad but a vital necessity. Words are our precision tools. Imprecision engenders ambiguity and hours are wasted in removing verbal misunderstandings before the argument of substance can begin.” — Anonymous Civil Servant Link to this post!
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Ozymandias
Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique landWho said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frownAnd wrinkled lip and sneer of cold commandTell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,The hand that [...]
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A Day
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As Above, Is Below
Whatever is below is similar to that which is above. Through this the marvels of the work of one thing are procured and perfected.search
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