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RAMBLING IDEAS ABOUT WISDOM

RAMBLING IDEAS ABOUT WISDOM

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i’ve been thinking about the gift of wisdom. Here are some random thoughts to share. William Barclay, Scottish professor, has observed it is a curious paradox of learning that the more one learns about any subject the more one realizes there is still much to learn. In the Academy at Athens there was a three year course. In the first year students were called “The wise men.” In the second year they were called “Those who loved wisdom” But in…

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MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER MARIJA BABAROVICH 1863 – 1953

MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER MARIJA BABAROVICH 1863 – 1953

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On August 8, 1953 my maternal grandmother, Marija Babarovich died in Anacortes, Washington at age 90. That was the year I graduated from high school at Anacortes.  She was born September 21, 1863 in Splitska, Brac, Croatia. She died on August 8, 1953. She was a woman of great courage, faith and personal sacrifice.  Her husband, my grandfather,  Peter, had died the year I was was born in Anacortes and I never knew him. She never remarried. I remember her…

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