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  1. Apr 2019
    1. Among all these fooleries, I dare not speak of the infamies and uncleanness which the Devil makes to slip into them, causing them to see in a dream that they can only be healed by wallowing in all sorts of filth.

      people still continue to fixate on "parables"

    2. As regards feasts, it is an endless subject; the Devil keeps them so strongly attached thereto that they could not possibly be more so, he knowing well that it is a means of rendering them still more brutal, and less capable of supernatural truths.

      interesting to analyze this correlation

    3. The astonishing thing is that all their words are universally conjugated, for example, Assé, it is fresh, assé, chen, it was fresh; gaon, old, agaon, he is old, agaonc, he was old, agaonha, he is growing old; and so [81] with the rest. I

      the way language is constructed amazes me because of the vast differences between rules

    4. partly through election; their children do not usually succeed them, but properly their nephews and grandsons.

      this is a very interesting way to sign power.

    1. "I hope [people] will be moved by what I teach them," he said.

      moving people with words is half the battle, the other half it the persuasion to take action

    2. Melançon said he's pleased that Bauer is bringing attention to the topic.

      its important for people to understand these topics to better understand the culture

    3. In Bauer's class, students will compare and contrast the Montreal Canadiens and other religions.

      this would be interesting to understand the impact of religion affecting the social norms and behaviors of Montreal Canadien.

    4. The graduate course is open to students in all faculties and those in undergraduate programs. Bauer expects to see more than his usual 10 to 20 people in the class.

      this would be good to widen the participants in this class

    1. During the first-period intermission a fan marched up thesteps and extended his hand for what Campbell assumed would be ahandshake. Campbell stuck out his hand. He got a slap in theface

      no matter what industry, you can never display emotion in this way

    2. as the suspensionthat NHL president Clarence Campbell had handed Richard the daybefore all hell broke loose.

      when communities have someone such as richard representing them and this action occurs, conflict will erupt

    3. No athlete has embodied the soul of a city and the spirit of itspeople as Richard did in the 1940s and '50s in Montreal, my homefor the past 21 years.

      He became a big idol that brought recognition to montreal.

    4. On the night of Thursday, March 17, 1955, the haze was aghostly yellowish white. Smoke from a tear-gas canister haddriven thousands of hockey fans into the streets, sparking afour-hour rampage that yielded the requisite fires, shatteredwindows, looted stores, overturned cars and 137 arrests.

      Fans in this sport seem to have developed deep attachments with their preferred teams resulting in conflict of this nature to occur when both sides are in one place

    1. But many stayed in the streets, where first, a spontaneous celebration broke out. A pair of young men perched in a tree’s branches to observe the scene.

      seems to be an exciting time.

    2. “For 15 blocks they left in their path a swath of destruction,” Katz wrote in Maclean’s. “It looked like the aftermath of a wartime blitz in London.”

      this must have been devastating for the people who reside here.

    3. Authorities feared a sequel to Thursday night’s rampage at Saturday’s game against the Rangers. The police took “emergency measures” in advance to prevent that.

      this would make since in that violence and chaos increases in the mist of retaliation

    1. Sticks were high, fists flew, blood often smeared the ice, and the owners thought this was all manly and a great way to sell tickets.

      must be incredible to have witnessed this occur

    2. After the riot, the NHL began to crack down on all-out brawls (especially carrying your stick into one), though it would take another 25 years for the changes to take effect with the institution of the third-man-in rule. 

      it is hard to find the line between putting on a show for the crowd and representing violent actions.

    1. For you see a man, bound naked to a post, who, having this collar on his neck, cannot tell what posture to take. For, if he lean forward, those above his shoulders weigh the more on him; if he lean back, those on his stomach make him suffer the same torment; if he keep erect, without leaning to one side or other, the burning ratchets, applied equally on both sides, give him a trouble torture.

      this is where descriptive imagery translates into emotion

  2. Mar 2019
    1. The barbarian, having said that, took a kettle full of boiling water, which he poured over his body three different times, in derision of Holy baptism.

      Had a completely different view on procedures of biblical baptism. to assume boiling water was used in a sense of ritual to cast evil out of the spirits of the host body.