Sapling Stakes Stakes was revived. In 1952, the race was run in two divisions. Its purse has been reduced from $150,000 to $100,000. This race was downgraded to a Listed Status for its 2014 running. Time record: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: Note: the 1893 race was run at furlongs on the straight course. Sapling Stakes The Sapling Stakes is an American Ungraded Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early September at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. Open to 2-year-olds, it was raced on dirt over a distance of six furlongs
What Is Man? (Twain essay) What Is Man? (Twain essay) "What Is Man?" is a short story by American writer Mark Twain, published in 1906. It is a dialogue between a Young Man and an Old Man regarding the nature of man. The title refers to Psalm 8:4, which begins "what is man, that you are mindful of him...". It involves ideas of determinism and free will, as well as of psychological egoism. The Old Man asserts that the human being is merely a machine, and nothing more, driven by the singular purpose to satisfy his own desires and achieve peace of mind. The Young