“You know that everyday a helpless child is born
Who needs some loving care inside a happy home
Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne
Waiting for life to go by”—Freddie Mercury, Brian May, “Is This the World We Created?”
Freddie Mercury died 25 years ago today. At Live Aid in 1985, he and Queen partner Brian May performed a song, “Is This the World We Created,” lyrics by Mercury (after the jump):
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The same friend who used to reply to my complaints about old pains and new aches with a cheerful, “But you’ve never been 48 (or whatever) before,” also used to say, “Remember, it’s just Tuesday” (or whatever day) when a person would confess to feeling anxious about an upcoming big event or holiday. (Lie, say, tomorrow’s much-anticipated T-Day.)
“It’s only a Saturday. Same as all the other ones. Sunday will come next. Same as all the other ones.”
Yes, yes, it is the same, definitely the same as all the other Saturdays, indeed, but it is a Saturday with the addition of my wedding or taking the GRE or the LSAT or … . An event-focused Saturday is an impersonation of all the other Saturdays. An awards ceremony is not just another setting for a mediocre hotel meal, even though it is that, too. So thanks for not helping us out there, not even one little bit, Mister Calm Guy.
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“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”—John Milton, Areopagitica
John Milton’s essay on the freedom of speech and expression, Areopagitica, was published on this date in 1644. In it, he argued against pre-publication censorship. It was another 50 years before his ideas on liberty began to take hold.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaked at 381.10 in 1929, and after the October Crash that year it began a plunge to its all-time low of 41.20, which it reached in 1932. On this date in 1954, the DJIA finally closed above that high of 381.10 and has not yet closed below it. (The Dow closed above 19,000 for the first time yesterday.)
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