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Quote of the day

Quote of the Day
  • Herman Melville
    Insensible as he is to a thousand wants, and removed from harassing cares, may not the savage be the happier man of the two?

This Day in History

This Day in History
  • Doctorate in Philosophy Awarded to a Woman for the First Time (1678)
    Born to a noble Venetian family, Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to be awarded a doctorate in philosophy. A child prodigy, Piscopia went on to complete a brilliant course of study at the University of Padua. During her graduation ceremony, she spoke in classical Latin for an hour, explaining passages from Aristotle. She spent the next several years devoted to study and charity before dying of tuberculosis at age 38. How many languages did she master before receiving her doctorate?

Word of the Day

Word of the Day
  • bootless
    Definition: (adjective) Unproductive of success. Synonyms: fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain. Usage: He would like to have done with life and its vanity altogether—so bootless and unsatisfactory the struggle, so cheerless and dreary the prospect seemed to him.

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