#Raspail

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Tomb of Raspail in the Père-Lachaise cemetery of Paris

French vintage postcard

[francepittoresque]

7 janvier 1878 : mort de François-Vincent Raspail, chimiste et militant politique ➽ http://bit.ly/Francois-Vincent-Raspail Évoquant un long boulevard parisien ou une station de métro, le nom de Raspail est pourtant celui d'un précurseur de la doctrine microbienne et d'un fondateur des bases de l'antisepsie : perdant son père à 5 ans, destiné à l'état ecclésiastique, il s'en détourne et se rend à Paris, pour y entamer de front des études de droit et de sciences, et initier des travaux scientifiques tout en menant un combat politique républicain lui valant plusieurs séjours en prison

[upstairsdownstairsandinbetween]

Studio Raspail, Paris, France

05 AM Arquitectura

[toutplacid]

Piédestal du monument à Raspail, fondu en 1942, square Jacques-Antoine, place Denfert-Rochereau, Paris 14e – feutre, carnet n° 109, 26 avril 2016

[nicklloydnow]

“Pity is a feeling unknown in Japan, particularly that paradoxical sort of pity which impels Westerners, in the words of a former Japanese minister, to 'shed tears over the fate of one orphan who by some miracle has escaped from the massacre they ordered themselves.' It did not worry Sato San that the lieutenant should be forced to beg. But that he should consent to beg—that revolted him, that shocked him to the core. If mockery is, as they say, a fatal weapon in France, so, in Japan, is pity. Did the general want to help the mendicant officer? So much the better! Sato San would smooth his path, would even, if need be, order the wretch to let himself be overwhelmed with gifts and goodwill. 'May he die of shame,' thought the policeman, 'and may such degradation as his disappear with him for ever.'” - Jean Raspail, ‘Welcome Honourable Visitors’ (1958) [p. 141]

[vaalmont]

Une cascade de corps dont le mouvement ininterrompu paraissait liquide. Les bateaux se vidaient de toute part comme une baignoire qui déborde. Le tiers monde dégoulinait et l'Occident lui servait d'égout.

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[huariqueje]

View from the artist's studio, between the Boulevard Montparnasse and Boulevard Raspail, Paris - Henri Hayden , 1931.

Polish Jewish , 1883 - 1970

oil on canvas , 38 x 64 cm.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

by Phyllis Chesler

Is Joe Biden on Hamas’s payroll? If not, why is his administration withholding promised military equipment to America’s most reliable and stable ally in the Middle East? Does Biden fail to understand what Israel is up against?

Clearly, his administration is acting as if Iran and its proxy armies, beginning with Hamas, are “good” people, no different from the rest of us. He thinks they are “reasonable” people with whom he can negotiate or even outwit.

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I strongly beg to differ.

Long ago, I was held captive in Kabul as a young bride. When I managed to get out, I understood in my bones that the West and the East are very different places. Other Americans do not understand this.

Although I loved many things about the Muslim world—the awe-inspiring mountains, the ancient bazaars, the ceremonial aspects of dining, rose petals in the pudding, the biblical barefoot nomads tinkling as they walked together with their sheep and camels—I saw that the East was very wild. It was rife with unending blood feuds, vigilante (in)justice, illiteracy, poverty, disease, cruelty and above all hatred.

Hatred of infidels, especially Jews, Christians and Hazaras who are Shiite, not Sunni Muslims. Hatred of women. Hatred of servants. Hatred of daughters-in-law. Hatred of their own political dissidents and free-thinkers. Hatred of Americans. But respect for Nazi Germany and German products.

One cannot blame any of this on imperialism or colonialism. These customs were all indigenous. It is crucial to understand this.

Why? Because this is the neighborhood in which Israel lives. The Jewish state has weathered every storm. We are an eternal people and will always survive. But the cost in blood has been high. The IDF is now fighting brilliantly. The Israelis are miraculously resilient.

[castilestateofmind]

“Your universe has no meaning to them. They will not try to understand. They will be tired, they will be cold, they will make a fire with your beautiful oak door...”

-Jean Raspail.

[crazy-so-na-sega]

È la guerra! [...] Ma chi ci crederà? [...] Abbiamo addormentato troppe persone perché abbiano la forza di immaginare altre forme di guerra oltre a quelle che scioccamente commemoriamo ogni anno.

- Il Campo dei Santi

[vieillesboutiques]

Galeries Raspail, vêtements, Lyon, Rhône.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Raspail Boulevard in the 7th district of Paris

French vintage postcard

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[toutplacid]

Balzac par Rodin, boulevard Raspail, Paris 6e – mine de graphite, carnet n° 125, 13 mai 2019

[theglorifiedgymnasium]

"One cannot be a man, fully, from the moment one admits that others exist. For one is no more than a copy, a vague facsimile drawn from a billion examples. One mustn't know anything about others, or at least by ruthless choice, unless it is how to invent oneself on one's own, – everything has been so repeated."

- J. Raspail