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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions. Abba Eban abstentionalgeriadeclare Change image and share on social
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban alternativebehaveexhaust Change image and share on social
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. Paul Gauguin assignbewareblock Change image and share on social
Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book is so encyclopedic that space aliens could use it to re-create the whale fishery as it once existed on the planet Earth in the midst of the 19th century. Nathaniel Philbrick 19thalienamerican share on social