For those who joined recently, eponyms are words named after people and places, real or fictional. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way. Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
Autumn is here.
This week marks the arrival of fall, the festival of colors. As you relish golden yellows, bright oranges, and cheery reds as feast for the eyes, use this week's words to celebrate the variety of hues. Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs. There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline. Grad school is the snooze button on the clock-radio of life.