Thursday, March 10, 2011

William Hazlitt

Today's quote is over a man named, William Hazlitt. He was born on April 10th, 1778 in England. When he was small him and his family sailed to America. After spending a short time there, Hazlitt left America to go back to England after saying, "a great deal better for America if the white people had not found it out." Which is kind of true. Anyway, he went to New College for a few years, and dropped out because he did not think he was fit enough to go there. He didnt know that his professor actually thought very highly of him. Hazlitt started getting into painting and got married. After a short time he left his wife for another woman and got a divorce. Later marrying a rich widow who later divorced him. He died on September 18th, 1830. His last words were, "I have had a happy life."
The quote for today is, "As is our confidence, so is our capacity." In my opinion, possibly what he meant was the capacity of the population is the same as our confidence. Our population keeps growing and so does our confidence. But eventually the capacity of a city will meet it's limit and so will our confidence. This is my interpretation of the quote, but in reality...capacity can mean anything. So if you have your own let me know :).

The word of the day is Lucid, meaning...Clear or easily understood.

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