As the 19th-century British jurist Charles Darling observed: “A timid question will always receive a confident answer.” This is part of a complete episode.
Here’s a quotation I like from Charles John Darling, who was a lawyer and politician in the early part of the 20th century. A timid question will always receive a confident answer.
I think that’s true. Sometimes you give somebody too much room and they’ll take it.
Yeah, exactly.
Nancy Gabriel from Ithaca, New York, recalls her father’s no-nonsense responses to minor injuries when she was a child: After making sure she was really all right, he’d say, It’s far enough from your heart; it won’t kill you. Other times he might...
Andres from Washington Heights, New York, heard a radio report suggesting that the same anatomy that lets humans speak also makes us vulnerable to choking, and he wanted to know more. The answer lies in the physical trade-off that sets humans apart...
