GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1741
“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say,
‘Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away.’”
(the beginning of the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty,” by A.E. Housman, 1859-1936)
CHICAGO SHOOTING GALLERY
The number of homicides in Chicago to Aug. 31 over the past six years were 2015, 340; 2016, 512; 2017, 479; 2018, 397; 2019, 33; 2020, 518.
The percentage of hom…