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“The seal, the pyramid, it’s unfinished, with the eye of God looking over it, and the words annuit coeptis — he, God, favors our undertaking. The seal is meant to be unfinished, because this country’s meant to be unfinished. We’re meant to keep doing better. We’re meant to keep discussing and debating. And, we’re meant to read books by great historical scholars and then talk about them…”

– Jeff Breckenridge, “The West Wing.’

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Chuck Taylor: Born 118 Years Ago and Still the Most Popular Guy in High School

Happy birthday to Chuck Taylor, father of the most popular shoe of all time. He was born on this day in 1901. The Converse shoe company began in 1908. In 1917, they began producing a model called the “All Star.” Chuck Taylor was a professional basketball player for the Akron Firebirds who fell in love […]

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