Saturday, April 25, 2009

#13 "Chrysippus of Soli"


Chrysippus died of laughter while watching his drunk donkey try to eat figs.

"In most respects I am a happy man,
Excepting where Cleanthes is concerned;
For in that matter I am far from fortunate."
– Chrysippus (1)

"The parson here is as bigoted as an old farm-yard cow,
and as stupid as a thoroughbred donkey,
and as rough as a buffalo."
– Franz Schubert (2)

Friday, April 24, 2009

#12 "Hollywoodland"


"I am afraid I am a coward. I am sorry for everything. If I had done this a long time ago, it would have saved a lot of pain." – Peg Entwistle's suicide note

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

#10 "S. A. Andrée"


"It is not a little strange to be floating here above the Polar Sea. To be the first to have floated here in a balloon. I can not deny that all three of us are dominated by a feeling of pride. We think we can face death having done what we have done." – S. A. Andrée

"...the middle of the night... shadows on the glacier... the flaming outside... not of innocent white doves... carrion birds... bad weather, we fear... to escape... out to sea... crash... grating... driftwood..." – S. A. Andrée

#9 "Nils Strindberg"


"Well, now your Nils knows what it's like to walk on polar ice! We had a little mishap at the start: while crossing from one ice floe to the next, our sledge went crooked and fell in. I jumped down in the water and held the first sledge so that it wold not sink. It was with difficulty that it was saved. Andreé was angry that I had taken such a risk. Since we have two more sledges and provisions enough. Of course he did not know that in the first sledge is my sack with all your letters and your portrait." – Nils Strindberg (1)

#8 "Knut Frænkel"


The last to be found.

#7 "Georg Wilhelm Richmann"



Georg Wilhelm Richmann and Ludwig Beethoven were both Germans citizens who worked outside their home country for most of their lives.