Column Chronicles
 
More diary notes of the rich and famous
 
 
Frank Cotolo
July 2, 2020
 
Notable figures in all walks of life have kept diaries over the history of mankind. Now, thanks to manipulative reporting, we are able to publish more parts of the personal writings of historic figures. The translations are by Zhmar Coricost.
 
John Adams, 1785
 
When I look at my son, John Quincy, I see in him a President of the United States that I could not be, simply due to fate. I am pissed at having done it because no one will remember me, the second President of this country. I'm an asterisk, a place horse. At least with a middle name like Quincy and a number greater than two, my son will be a part history.
 
Louis XVI of France, 1774
 
Royalty is not what it used to be. This independence thing that is spreading around the world like the rash on my thigh is going to be the death of us, the entitled, the rich bloodlines that make some people better than others. I feel a blackness within, and what is worse? It is a dark blackness.
 
Voltaire, 1723
 
These are wonderful things, words. They inspire all but the animals that cannot read them, which is most humans, if, that is, they learn to read. I am vague, sometimes. All right, most often. Still I poke the pen into the ink and scratch along the parchment those things, words. Each one verifies, signifies and other-fies our essence. Best of all, there is no heavy lifting involved.
 
Davy Crocket, 1836
 
The final siege of this broken down Alamo should come tomorrow. We are outnumbered but who is counting at this point? I guess what I think about most now are two things. First, the last thing my wife said before I left for Texas. She said, "You are going where?" Second, I sure wish I could be remembered as David and not Davy. Sounds like a baby kid that never had a musket in his hand. Oh well.
 
Paul Revere, 1775
 
Still thinking of what to yell when the attack comes. Think I'll write down the ones I am considering and see how they look on paper. First, there is HERE COME THE REDCOATS. Then I thought of LOOK TO THE SEA FOR THE ENEMY. Then I came up with THE BRITISH ARE ARRIVING. I kind of like that last one, though I could change the last word. Too many syllables.
 
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