#brilliant!

[fictionadventurer]

First Letter from Julia I. Sand to Chester A. Arthur

[1881 Aug 27]

To the Hon Chester A. Arthur.

The hours of Garfield's life are numbered--before this meets your eye, you may be President. The people are bowed in grief; but--do you realize it?--not so much because he is dying, as because you are his successor. What President ever entered office under circumstances so sad! The day he was shot, the thought rose in a thousand minds that you might be the instigator of the foul act. Is not that a humiliation which cuts deeper than any bullet can pierce? Your best friends said: "Arthur must resign--he cannot accept office, with such a suspicion resting upon him." And now your kindest opponents say: "Arthur will try to do right"--adding gloomily--"He won't succeed, though--making a man President cannot change him."

But making a man President can change him! At a time like this, if anything can, that can. Great emergencies awaken generous traits which have lain dormant half a life. If there is a spark of true nobility in you, now is the occasion to let it shine. Faith in your better nature forces me to write to you--but not to beg you to resign. Do what is more difficult and more brave. Reform! It is not the proof of highest goodness never to have done wrong--but it is a proof of it, sometime in one's career, to pause and ponder, to recognize the evil, to turn resolutely against it and devote the remainder of ones life to that only which is pure and exalted. Such revolutions of the soul are not common. No step towards them is easy. In the humdrum drift of daily life, they are impossible. But once in a while there comes a crisis which renders miracles feasible. The great tidal wave of sorrow which has rolled over the country, has swept you loose from your old moorings and set you on a mountain-top, alone. As President of the United States--made such by no election, but by a national calamity--you have no old associations, no personal friends, no political ties, you have only your duty to the people at large. You are free--free to be as able and as honorable as any man who ever filled the presidential chair.

Your past--you know best what it has been. You have lived for worldly things. Fairly or unfairly, you have won them. You are rich, powerful--tomorrow, perhaps, you will be President. And what is it all worth? Are you peaceful--are you happy? What if a few days hence the hand of the next unsatisfied ruffian should lay you low, and you should drag through months of weary suffering, in the White House, knowing that all over the land not a prayer was uttered in your behalf, not a tear shed, that the great American people was glad to be rid of you--would not worldly honors seem rather empty then?

Make such things impossible. Rise to the emergency. Disappoint our fears. Force the nation to have faith in you. Show from the first that you have none but the purest aims. It may be difficult at once to inspire confidence, but persevere. In time--when you have given reason for it--the country will love and trust you. If any man says, "With Arthur for President, Civil Service Reform is doomed," prove that Arthur can be its firmest champion. Do not thrust on the people politicians who have forfeited their respect--no matter how near they may be to you as personal friends. Do not remove any man from office unnecessarily. Appoint those only of marked ability and of sterling character. Such may not be abundant, but you will find them, if you seek them. You are far too clever to be easily deceived. In all your policy, have none but the highest motives. With the lamp of patriotism in your hand, your feet will not be likely to stumble.

Do you care for applause? Of course, you have had it, after a fashion. Perhaps from the dregs of the populace, inspired by the lowest of politicians. Possibly it pleased you at the time--it may have served some purpose that you solved then. But in the depths of your soul, do you not despise it? Would not one heart-felt "God bless you!" from the honest and true among your countrymen, be worth ten thousand times more? You can win such blessing, if you will.

Your name now is on the annals of history. You cannot slink back into obscurity, if you would. A hundred years hence, school boys will recite your name in the list of Presidents and tell of your administration. And what shall posterity say? It is for you to choose whether your record shall be written in black or in gold. For the sake of your country, for your own sake and for the sakes of all who have ever loved you, let it be pure and bright.

As one of the people over whom you are to be President, I make you this appeal. Perhaps you have received many similar. If not, still believe that this expresses the thoughts in many hearts, today--and do not give those who have had faith in you, cause for regret.

Yours Respectfully,

Julia I. Sand.

46 E. 74th st. New York.

Aug 27th 1881.

#history is awesome #presidential talk #last week if you'd known me in real life there's a 50% chance i'd have tackled you and forced you to read this #isn't this letter just astounding? #imagine sending this to a soon-to-be president! #and him *saving* it! #there are such lovely turns of phrase #even while she is *so* brutal and unflinching #my favorite line might be 'you are far too clever to be easily deceived' #just appealing straight to his vanity #brilliant! #i haven't loved a letter this much since 84 charing cross road #the moral of the story is that the best letters are written by slightly cracked politically-minded literary spinsters

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

❤ A clip from Staged S3 Ep1 

Michael: Neil Gaiman, perhaps?

Simon: Neil Gaiman?!

David: Oh no, nooo. 

Michael: Why not?

David: Weeell, because there’s a version when I’ve never read his books and in that version I managed to keep that a secret for years. I don’t wanna chance my luck any further.

Michael: You’ve never read his books...?

David: I’m saying there’s a version of reality where I’ve...

Michael: Not even Good Omens.

David: I mean... I skimmed it.

Michael: He keeps sending us signed copies!

David: And there’s a version where I sell them on E-Bay.

#staged #staged 3 #good omens #neil gaiman #michael sheen #david tennant #simon evans #staged clip #brilliant!

[bobbie-robron]

I’ve seen it firsthand. It was the same with Andy. He took Katie and there was nothing I could do about it.

28-Jan-2019

#robron #robert sugden #jimmy king #nicola king #ellis chapman #robert continues to string ellis along #you know what you have to do #robert gleeful about billy having hit ellis 😂 #robert rolling his eyes at jimmy and nicola #brilliant! #amazing! #robert and jimmy badly watching and eavesdroping #20190128 #201901 #robron episodes 2019

[moaserendipity]

Okay but Rain knew exactly what he was doing when he called Payu “daddy” when he took the books from Payu🫠 I mean the way he was taunting Payu with the sassy mouth and his eyes and I can go on👀😏

#loveintheair #phayurain #payurain #rainpayu #love in the air special episode #bossnoeul #brilliant! #I saw a post that said #rain suddenly got a brain when #he is getting you know #well…. #I mean look at his body language 👀 #also posted this on Twitter!

[mswyrr]

#rhaenicent #brilliant! #click thru to see the whole piece #it's a great concept beautifully done ✔️ 👏 👌 ❤️ 💖 ✨️

[aquitainequeen]

GO ON SIMON PEGG

#and just to be clear; if you like maths and want to study it? #Brilliant! #That's excellent! #But you shouldn't be forced to study it if you don't want to #If I was forced to study maths for two further years I'd be seething #I also hated maths #I was so glad that I didn't have to do it anymore #simon pegg #uk politics #fuck the tories #Everyone should have the right to study what they want

[whumpookies]

Lost years episode 62

Okay, I gotta talk about this episode. The whump in this clip is brilliant it's like a double whump cookie of goodness and heartache, but...

Esmer gets shot and declares Ali ain't his brother because Ali flirts with Ezo/Aylin whilst bleeding out!

Ali declares he's got no chance with Ezo/Alyin whatsoever (still esmer is bleeding out here!)

Ali gets Esmer to the hospital (piggyback anyone? Let's just grab the arm that has been shot) they get to the hospital Ezo tells Ali there late and Esmer has lost a lot of blood (seriously give the woman a whump cookie 🍪)

Ezo who's doing the operation has to be comforted by Esmer (yeah still bleeding out! And remember she said Esmer lost a lot of blood!) Till finally and I mean finally, Esmer is knocked out to get the bullet out, patch the artery that's got a gaping hole in until the next chaotic adventure! 😂🤣

#whump #Lost years #Ali #Esmer #Ezo #Turkish drama #brilliant! #Omg #Shot #Hurt #Bleeding out #brotherly comfort

[dirty-pretty-jackal-s]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkgJ0sDDm1S/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

#Brilliant! #carl barat #carlos barat #peter doherty #the libertines #the albion rooms #the waste land #Margate #carl barât #love

[vizrecon]

#aviation history #brilliant! #there’s no way this could go wrong

[sebastianshaw]

@sammysdewysensitiveeyes - “They should do an ENTIRE issue of specific laws that had to be passed on Krakoa, and show the mutants responsible for the laws having to be passed.  Many would be Sebastian.  At least a couple would be Pyro and/or Avalanche.  I feel like Shinobi and Fabian would have at least one to their names.“ I would buy SO MANY COPIES of this just to boost its sales!! It deserves all the numbers!

#brilliant! #as always! #out of shirt

[airris-fr]

I am and always will be a fangirl of @louretta-fr and @peacevine and no one can stop me

#god they're brilliant #BRILLIANT! #I can't imagine there is anyone not following them but this is your sign if you aren't #do it #your life will be better for it

[gmariam19]

OMG! 🤯😂🥰

#moon knight #Star Wars #brilliant!

[asteracaea]

i don't think the line "you and i fell like an early spring snow" gets enough attention or appreciation

#brilliant! #beautiful! #tragic! #so evocative! #i don't reay know why but it moves me so much every time i hear it #ibytam #red (taylor's version)

[cozyships]

So my crafty little self has decided that I'm gonna make a plushie of my f/o! Using a sock. It's the perfect plan! It's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant I tell you! It's genius I say! (Sorry, Yzma is a whole mood) (Booloved Anon)

Yzma IS a mood! And good luck friend that sounds like a lovely idea ^-^

#brilliant! #love when folks make things of their f/os?? its so neat! #asks #booloved anon #tbh yzma saying is carved in my brain lol

[goryfluff]

Nautilus expedition live streams (+ their commentary) 2020 / 2021 / 2022

#ev nautilus #nautilus live #marine biology #sea creatures #ocean animals #marine animals #works #HI THERE AGAIN #LOOK AT THESE LITTLE GUYS #I love them so much!!! #talented brilliant incredible amazing show stopping etc #remember when I made gifs of the older streams #I never know how to tag these though

[n0ahsferatu]

anyone else get really pissed off when astarion looks at the camera with the biggest wettest eyes known to creation. like GIRL we see them!!!

(inspired by this post:)

#everyone say THANK YOU detective lae’zel for this brilliant deduction #artists on tumblr #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 fanart #baldurs gate fanart #bg3 astarion #astarion ancunin #astarion #bg3 tav #noah.jpg