A life in words

  • See also / Vease también

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  • España—19 de mayo 2007—Toledo

    I quote from my journal with slight editing. Trip to Toledo today. I was a bit upset by how things were run, and it represents a trend of neglect by the Mester language school that is ticking a few people off. Usually we’ve had the culture teacher as our guide, so while at times a…

  • En españa—12 de mayo de 2007

    ¡Hola todos! Today we went to Segovia and Ávila, two towns in provinces neighboring Salamanca. I have to hurry because I don’t have enough money to go over 15 minutes on the computer without having to split a 20 euro bill to pay like .50€, so sorry this is rushed. I’m writing a lot more…

The principal difficulty lies, and the greatest care should be employed in constituting this Representative Assembly. It should be in miniature, an exact portrait of the people at large. It should think, feel, reason, and act like them. That it may be the interest of this Assembly to do strict justice at all times, it should be an equal representation, or in other words equal interest among the people should have equal interest in it. Great care should be taken to effect this, and to prevent unfair, partial, and corrupt elections.John Adams, Thoughts on Government, April 1776