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Miniature portrait of Georges Couthon by Jérome Langlois (1753-1804), 18th century (probably 1790)

Elegy for 9 Thermidor

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) // Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794) // Georges Couthon (1755-1794) // Augustin Robespierre (1763-1794) // Philippe Le Bas (1764-1794)

i. Hymne du 9 Thermidor - Etienne-Nicolas Méhul

ii. O Salutaris hostia -  François-Joseph Gossec

Mary Oliver, from “Hum Hum”, A Thousand Mornings

In honor of Marat's birthday I found a complete (?) collection of L'Ami du Peuple ! Happy reading frev pals and happiest of birthdays to Jean-Paul, wherever he may be. In memory of our forever favorite sewer-dwelling doctor, scientist, and revolutionary friend of the people.

Yellow Irises‏ by Claude Monet + Daffodils by William Wordsworth

a! thank you so much <3

List of Saint-Just’s personal possessions part V: Miscellaneous

Absolutely everything Saint-Just had in his apartment was sold, down to his tableware. This small list of his remaining possessions will give you an insight into the objects he used, what they were made of and what light they could have shed over their owner’s character. 

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“We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature. We’ve lost our connection to ourselves.”

— Andy Goldsworthy

tweeted excerpts from A Field Guide to Getting Lost, via Rebecca Solnit's twitter

Fun fact for our international followers: If someone in Australia cuts down a tree on public land to improve the view from their house, the local government will install a sign to block that view again