Joseph Addison + Liao Yiwu

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(1) John J Miller, On Life, Liberty and Other Quotable Matters. Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576411721705429718.html?mod=ITP_review_0

Note:
(a) Joseph Addison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Addison
(1672-1719; English; In 1712, Addison wrote his most famous work of fiction, Cato, a Tragedy)

Why the discrepancy: Wiki 1712 but the WSJ article, 1713?
Cato, a Tragedy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato,_a_Tragedy
(Cato, a Tragedy is a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712, and first performed on 14 April 1713; based on the events of the last days of Cato)
(b) Cato the Younger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Younger
(Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (95 BC, Rome – April 46 BC, Utica), commonly known as Cato the Younger (Cato Minor) to distinguish him from his great-grandfather (Cato the Elder); Cato is sometimes referred to as Cato Uticensis (from Utica))
(c) aught (n): "ANYTHING"   www.m-w.com  
(d) Please read teh first five paragraphs only.


(2) Gillian Wong, Outspoken China author leaves homeland for Germany. Associted Press, July 8, 2011
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_OUTSPOKEN_WRITER?SITE=TNJAC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
("Liao Yiwu arrived in Berlin two days ago at the end of a secretive journey that included transfers in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and Warsaw, Poland")
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