What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?




(by yesterday2221)

Men have votes, so women must soon have votes; poor children are taught by force, so they must soon be fed by force; the police shut public houses by twelve o’clock, so soon they must shut them by eleven o’clock; children stop at school till they are fourteen, so soon they will stop till they are forty. No gleam of reason, no momentary return to first principles, no abstract asking of any obvious question, can interrupt this mad and monotonous gallop of mere progress by precedent. It is a good way to prevent real revolution.

G.K. Chesterton in What’s Wrong with the World

Curator’s Note: Long quote, but harrowing prediction of higher education.

(via gkchestertonquote)


I’ve posted a few of these images in the past, but here’s a good collection of several of Jason Heuser’s historical figures battling fantastical creatures.

justinrampage:

Artist Jason Heuser has compiled a massive collection of our greatest historical figures taking their bad ass nature to a new level. Each of these pieces are available for purchase as prints from Jason’s Etsy store.

History is Bad Ass by Jason Heuser (Etsy) (CGHUB) (Twitter)