Over at Taki's Magazine, writes Mr. Theodore Dalrymple:
[W]hile ugliness is democratic, being within the reach of all, beauty is aristocratic or at least elitist, being available to only a minority even in the best of circumstances.
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Defending the Old European Order, which was unplugged by the 28th President of those United States
and otherwise rejecting anything Wilsonian or related,
wherever it might be
Over at Taki's Magazine, writes Mr. Theodore Dalrymple:
[W]hile ugliness is democratic, being within the reach of all, beauty is aristocratic or at least elitist, being available to only a minority even in the best of circumstances.
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200 years ago today, the Act of Union was given Royal Assent.
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15 years short of two centuries ago today, Archduke Franz Josef was born.
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128 years ago today, Archduke Charles of Austria later Emperor-King was born.
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Happy National Day!
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70 years ago today, Japanese surrender was announced.
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