Commonplace-book. Formerly Book of common places. orig. A book in which ‘commonplaces’ or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement. First usage recorded: 1578. - OED
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Lost Causes
You don't throw away a whole life just 'cause it's banged up a little.
-Seabiscuit (quoted by Charles Garland, preaching in Fairmont, WV on 7/25/2008)
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