Jun-13-08
 | | OhioChessFan: Thought engenders thought. Place one idea upon paper, another will follow it, and still another, until you have written a page. You cannot fathom your mind. It is a well of thought which has no bottom. The more you draw from it, the more clear and fruitful will it be. If you neglect to think yourself, and use other people's thoughts, giving them utterance only, you will never know what you are capable of. At first your ideas may come out in lumps, homely and shapeless; but no matter; time and perseverance will arrange and polish them. Learn to think, and you will learn to write; the more you think, the better you will express your ideas. |
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| Jun-13-08 | | Thorski: Reminds me of http://www.zombo.com/ |
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| Mar-26-12 | | alshatranji: What have these posts got to do with EM Sala? And who is this Sala anyway? Someone who crushed Lasker in such a spectacular fashion (even in simi) deserves some recognition. |
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| Mar-26-12 | | alshatranji: Oh I see. The very interesting thought above is from a GA Sala. All right, point taken, although I'm not quite sure what it is. |
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| Mar-26-12 | | Wyatt Gwyon: Would be interesting to know more about this dude. |
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Feb-20-19
 | | Telemus: The Washington Post, 3 July 1921 re-published Sala's win over Lasker and called him Dr E.M. Sala from Rock Island, Ill. The information is probably taken from the Literary Digest of 1901 to which Sala had send the game-score. |
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Feb-20-19
 | | MissScarlett: The <Davenport Weekly Leader> of March 31st 1903, p.6, has an <Dr. Edwin M. Sala, Rock Island> amongst a list of novices initiated into a Masonic group known as the <Kaaba Temple A. A. O. N. M. S.> <Billy Florence had been on tour in France, and had been invited to a party given by an Arabian diplomat. The exotic style, flavors and music of the Arabian-themed party inspired him to suggest this as a theme for the new fraternity. Walter Fleming, a devoted fraternity brother, built on Fleming’s ideas and used his knowledge of fraternal ritual to transform the Arabian theme into the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (A.A.O.N.M.S.).With the help of the Knickerbocker Cottage regulars, Fleming drafted the ritual, designed the emblem and costumes, formulated a salutation and declared that members would wear the red fez. The first meeting of Mecca Shriners, the first temple (chapter) established in the United States, was held September 26, 1872. As word got out about the fledgling organization, membership grew rapidly, spreading across the U.S. In the early 1900s, membership spread into Canada, Mexico and Panama. Today, Shriners International is a fraternity with nearly 200 temples in several countries, thousands of clubs around the world and hundreds of thousands of members dedicated to the principles of brotherly love, relief and truth.> https://www.shrinersinternational.o... |
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Feb-20-19
 | | Tabanus: Probably = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial.... Perhaps he called himself Edwin. |
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Feb-22-19
| | MissScarlett: Submitted a game that Sala and Harold A Weld won together against Pillsbury in a blindfold simul in Davenport, December 20th 1898. Pillsbury scored +6 -1 =1. Sala was defeated the night before in a regular simul; he lost again to the same player in a simul in January 1901. |
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