“Let us choose for ourselves our path in life, and let us try to strew that path with flowers.” — Emilie du Chatelet
(Beautiful imagery! This is our first quote from Emilie du Chatelet, since I’ve been posting these spoilers. She was a woman before her time. Very accomplished as an author, mathematician, physicist and philosopher. And yet, someone I’d never heard of before! Look her up, folks. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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She reminds me of the American slave poet Phyllis Wheatley. Both women were centuries before their time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillis_Wheatley
New to me, too, UR, but a little easier than Simeon Strunsky …
Yeah, this wasn’t a gimme, hal. It took some work, but nothing like yesterday’s! — YUR
Thanks, lwc! I’ll have to check out the Phyllis Wheatly link you provided! — YUR