"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

17 October 2024

Happy Birthday, Great-Grandpa Firchau


My namesake, Carl Robert Firchau, was born on this day in 1884.

The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions but by his habitual acts. 

Blaise Pascal

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