On the Number 72

72 in Mathematics
1) The 36th even number = 72
2) The 9th Pronic number 0, 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, 72
(Pronic number is product of two consecutive integers 8x9=72)
3) The 1st and smallest Achilles number 72, 108, 200, 288, 392, 432, 500
(as it's a powerful number that is not itself a power)
4) The 15th Abundant number 12, 18, 20, 24, 30, 36, 40, 42, 48, 54, 56, 60, 66, 70, 72
(a number for which sum of its proper divisors is greater than the number)
5) The 51st composite number = 72
6) Sum of 22nd & 25th composite numbers = 34 + 38 = 72
7) Sum of 21st & 26th composite numbers = 33 + 39 = 72
8) Sum of the 3rd & 19th prime numbers = 5 + 67 = 72
9) Sum of the 5th & 18th prime numbers = 11 + 61 = 72
10) Sum of the 2nd & 17th lucky numbers = 3 + 69 = 72
11) Sum of the 4th & 15th lucky numbers = 9 + 63 = 72
12) Sum of the 7th & 14th lucky numbers = 21 + 51 = 72
13) Sum of the 2nd & 4th cube numbers = 8 + 64 = 72
14) Product of the 1st prime & 6th square number = 2 x 36 = 72
15) Product of the 1st odd & 12th even number = 3 x 24 = 72
16) Product of the 1st square number & 10th composite number = 4 x 18 = 72
17) Sum of the 1st to 8th even numbers = 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 12 + 14 + 16 = 72
18) Sum of the 4th to 12th natural numbers = 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 = 72
19) 2nd & 3rd digits of the 8th amicable numbers = 17296 & 18416
20) 72 is smallest number whose 5th power is sum of five smaller 5th powers:
195 + 435 + 465 + 475 + 675 = 725
21) 72 is the number of degrees in the central angle of a regular pentagon,
which is constructible with a compass and straight-edge.
22) Square root of 72 = 8.485281374
23) Cube root of 72 = 4.160167646
24) ln 72 = 4.276666119 (natural log to the base e)
25) log 72 = 1.857332496 (logarithm to the base 10)
26) Sin 72o = 0.951056516
Cos 72o = 0.309016994
Tan 72o = 3.077683537
27) 1/72 expressed as a decimal = 0.013888888
28) The 39th & 40th digits of e = 72
The 64th & 65th digits of e = 69
e = 2.7182818284 5904523536 0287471352 6624977572 4709369995
          9574966967 6277240766 3035354759 4571382178 5251664274
          2746639193 2003059921 8174135966 2904357290 0334295260
29) The 139th & 140th digits of pi, π = 72
The 288th & 289th digits of pi, π = 72
The 301st & 302nd digits of pi, π = 72
3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679
   8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196
   4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091 4564856692 3460348610 4543266482 1339360726 0249141273
   7245870066 0631558817 4881520920 9628292540 9171536436 7892590360 0113305305 4882046652 1384146951 9415116094
30) The 37th & 38th digits of phi, φ = 72
The 84th & 85th digits of phi, φ = 72
The 87th & 88th digits of phi, φ = 72
Phi or φ = 1.61803 39887 49894 84820 45868 34365 63811 77203 09179 80576
                      28621 35448 62270 52604 62818 90244 97072 07204 18939 11374
                      84754 08807 53868 91752 12663 38622 23536 93179 31800 60766
                      72635 44333 89086 59593 95829 05638 32266 13199 28290 26788
                      06752 08766 89250 17116 96207 03222 10432 16269 54862 62963
1.61803398874989484820 is a irrational number,
also called the Golden Ratio (or Golden number).
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) first called it the sectio aurea,
(Latin for the golden section) and related it to human anatomy.
Ratios may be found in the Pyramids of Giza & the Greek Parthenon.
31) Binary number for 72 = 1001000
(Decimal & Binary Equivalence; Program for conversion)
32) ASCII value for 72 = H
(Hexadecimal # & ASCII Code Chart)
33) Hexadecimal number for 72 = 48
(Hexadecimal # & ASCII Code Chart)
34) Octal number for 72 = 110
(Octal #, Hexadecimal #, & ASCII Code Chart)
35) The 72 day of the year (non-leap year) = March 13
[Greek Nobel Poet George Seferis (1900-1971) was born on March 13, 1900]
36) The Roman numeral for 72 is LXXII.
37) Qi Shí Er is the Chinese ideograph for 72.
38) (70, 2) is the Babylonian number for 72
Georges Ifrah, From One to Zero: A Universal History of Numbers,
Penguin Books, New York (1987), pp. 326-327
39) The Hebrew letters Ayin (70) & Bet (2)
add to 72 meaning "bright"
(Hebrew Alphabet, Hebrew Gematria)
40) 72 in different languages:
Dutch: zeventig-twee, French: septante-deux, German: siebzig-zwei, Hungarian: hetven-kettõ,
Italian: settanta-due, Spanish: setenta-dos, Swedish: sjuttio-tvâ, Turkish: yetmis-iki

72 in Science & Technology
41) Atomic Number of Hafium (Hf) = 72 (72 protons & 72 electrons)
It is a lustrous, silvery gray, tetravalent transition metal. Hafnium chemically resembles
zirconium and is found in many zirconium minerals. Its existence was predicted by
Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, though it was not identified until 1923, by Dirk Coster
& George de Hevesy, making it the penultimate stable element to be discovered
(last being Rhenium in 1925). Hafnium is named after Hafnia, Latin name for
Copenhagen, where it was discovered. It is used in filaments and electrodes.
42) Chemical Compounds with Molecular Weight = 72
Iron oxide, FeO = 71.844
Calcium sulfide, CaS = 72.143
Calcium peroxide, CaO2 = 72.077
Nitrogen trifluoride, 15NF3 = 71.995
Carbon hexamer, C6 = 72.0642
Methylthioacetylene, C3H4S = 72.129
2-Propynylphosphine, C3H5P = 72.0456
Beryllium fluoride oxide, BeF2O = 72.0206
Propanedial, C3H4O2 = 72.0627
Pentane, C5H12 = 72.1488
43) No compounds found with boiling point = ±72oC:
44) No compounds found with melting point = ±72oC:

45) 72nd amino acid in the 141-residue alpha-chain of Human Hemoglobin is Histidine (H)
72nd amino acid in the 146-residue beta-chain of Human Hemoglobin is Serine (S)
Single-Letter Amino Acid Code
Alpha-chain sequence of human hemoglobin:
VLSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFLSFPTTKTYFPHFDLSH
GSAQVKGHGKKVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKLRVDPVNFKL
LSHCLLVTLAAHLPAEFTPAVHASLDKFLASVSTVLTSKYR
Beta-chain sequence of human hemoglobin:
VHLTPEEKSAVTALWGKVNVDEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFESFGDLST
PDAVMGNPKVKAHGKKVLGAFSDGLAHLDNLKGTFATLSELHCDKLHVDP
ENFRLLGNVLVCVLAHHFGKEFTPPVQAAYQKVVAGVANALAHKYH
46) The 72nd amino acid in the 153-residue sequence of sperm whale myoglobin
is Leucine (L). It is next to Alanine-71 & Glycine-73.
It is designated E15, 15th-residue of the 20-residues E-helix.
— Richard E. Dickerson & Irving Geis,
The Structure and Action of Proteins (1969), p. 52
[A.B. Edmundson, Nature 205, 883-887 (1965)]
47) The 72nd amino acid in the 124-residue enzyme Bovine Ribonuclease
is Cysteine (C). It is next to Asparagine-71 and Tyrosine-73.
Cysteine-72 is connected to Cysteine-65 by a disulfide bridge.
[C. H. W. Hirs, S. Moore, and W. H. Stein, J. Biol. Chem. 238, 228 (1963)]
48) "Characterization of YmgF, a 72-residue inner membrane protein
that associates with the Escherichia coli cell division machinery"
[Gouzel Karimova, Carine Robichon, Daniel Ladant, J. Bacteriol. 191, 333-346 (2009)]
49) "Secondary structure of neutrophil-activating peptide-2
determined by 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy"
[(NAP-2) is a 72 residue protein demonstrating a range of proinflammatory activities.
The NAP-2 monomer consists of a triple-stranded anti-parallel β-sheet arranged
in a 'Greek key' and a C-terminal helix (residues 59-70).]
[K.H. Mayo, Y. Yang, T.J. Daly, J.K. Barry, G.J. La Rosa, Biochem. J., Vol. 304, 371-376 (1994)]
50) Messier M72 (M72, NGC 6981) is a globular cluster in the south west of
the very mildly southern constellation of Aquarius. M72 was discovered
by astronomer Pierre Méchain in 1780. His countryman Charles Messier
looked for it 36 days later, and included it in his catalog. Both considered
it a faint nebula rather than a cluster. With a larger instrument, John Herschel
called it a bright "cluster of stars of a round figure". Harlow Shapley noted a
similarity to Messier 4 and 12. The cluster is 54.57 kly away from the Sun.
It has mass of 168,000 solar masses and is around 9.5 billion years old.
51) Julie Newmar Rose with 72 petals
Yellow blend Hybrid Tea
Butter-yellow, pink edges
Strong, fruity, spice fragrance
Diameter 4"
Height 5'7"
Bred by Tom Carruth (U.S., 2001)
52) NGC 72 is a barred spiral galaxy estimated to be about 320 million light-years
away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by R. J. Mitchell
in 1855 and its magnitude is 13.5. (Image)
53) Asteroid 72 Feronia is a quite large & dark main belt asteroid. It was first asteroid
discovery by C.H.F. Peters, on May 29, 1861, from Hamilton College, New York State.
It was initially thought that Peters had merely seen the already known asteroid 66 Maja,
but T.H. Safford showed that it was a new body. Safford named it after Feronia, a Roman
fertility goddess. This asteroid is orbiting the Sun with a period of 3.41 years.
54) USS 0-11 (SS-72) was an O-class submarine of the U.S. Navy.
Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1916 by Lake Torpedo Boat Co.
in Bridgeport, CT. Commissioned too late for WW I combat service,
O-11 joined other boats of her class at Cape May, NJ, in 1919. She took
several test dives off Panama in spring 1923. In October, she sailed to
Philadelphia, where she was decommissioned on 21 June 1924 after just
5.5 years of service. SS-72 had a length of 175 feet, a beam of 16'7" and
a mean draft 13'11". Speed of 14 knots (16 mph). The O-class submarines
had a crew of 2 officers & 27 men. Photo Source: photos.usni.org
55) U-72 was a Type VIIC submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during WW II.
U-72 was launched on 22 November 1940 & commissioned on 4 January 1941.
U-72 served with 24th U-boat Flotilla (a training unit), and later with 21st U-boat
Flotilla (also a training unit), from 2 July 1941 to 30 March 1945. U-72 was used
throughout World War II as a training boat until it was sunk in a daylight
American bombing raid on 30 March 1945. Tonnage: 757 tons; Speed: 17.7 knots
(20.4 mph); Maximum Depth: 750 feet; Compliment: 4 officers & 56 men.
Photo Source: i.pinimg.com
56) Republic XP-72 was an American prototype fighter-interceptor developed by
Republic Aircraft as a progression of the P-47 Thunderbolt design. The XP-72
was designed around the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 28-cylinder
air-cooled radial engine with a supercharger mounted behind the pilot and
driven by an extension shaft from the engine. The armament consisted of six
.50 caliber (12.7 mm) wing-mounted Browning AN/M2 machine guns and
underwing racks for two 1,000 lb bombs. Crew: One; Length: 36 ft 7 in; Wingspan: 40 ft 11 in; Height: 16 ft 0 in;
Wing area: 300 sq ft; Empty weight: 11,476 lb; Speed: 490 mph; Range: 1,200 miles; Service ceiling: 42,000 ft.
Photo Source: ldmachinepress.com
57) T-72 is a family of Soviet main battle tanks that entered production in 1969. The T-72
was a development of T-64, which was troubled by high costs & its reliance on immature
developmental technology. About 25,000 T-72 tanks have been built, & refurbishment
has enabled many to remain in service in 40 countries & in numerous conflicts. Mass:
Combat loaded: 41.5 tons; Length: 9.53 m (31 ft 3 in); Width: 3.59 m (11 ft 9 in); Height: 2.23 m
(7 ft 4 in); Crew: 3 (commander, driver, gunner); Armament: 125 mm smoothbore gun;
Propulsion: 780 horsepower; Speed: 47 mph (75 km/hr). Photo Source: w-dog.org
58) Caledonian Railway 72 Class: was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives introduced
by William Pickersgill for the Caledonian Railway (CR) in 1920. Thirty-two
locomotives were built and all survived to be taken over by the London,
Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923 and by British Railways (BR)
in 1948. The earlier 113 Class (introduced in 1916), of which 16 were produced,
were similar but slightly smaller. These were Caledonian's last express passenger
locomotives, & technically, last of the Dunalastair series. Photo Source: wikipedia.org
59) 72C Locomotive: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (reporting mark MKT) was a Class I
railroad company in the U.S., with its last headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Established in
1865 under the name Union Pacific Railroad (UP), Southern Branch, it came to serve
an extensive rail network in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, & Missouri. In 1988, it merged with
Missouri Pacific Railroad; today, it's part of Union Pacific. In 1890s, MKT was referred to as
"the K-T", because for a time it was Kansas-Texas division of Missouri Pacific Railroad & "KT"
was its abbreviation in timetables as well as its stock exchange symbol. This soon evolved into
the nickname "the Katy". At the end of 1970, MKT operated 2,623 miles (4,221 km) of road and
3,765 miles (6,059 km) of track. Photo Source: condrenrails.com
60) Chicago Fire Engine 72 is located at
7974 S. South Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
5th District, 23rd Battalion, Tower 34, Ambulance #22.
The Chicago Fire Department was established in 1858.
It has 888,110 calls in 2018. 5173 employees in 2017.
There are 96 stations. Commissioner: Annette Nance Holt.
Photo Source:: chicagoareafire.com
61) #72 Nascar Rinnai will be driven by Tony Stewart—
"Rinnai Partners With Tony Stewart in NASCAR and NHRA"
(1-14-2023). Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won
racing titles in Indy, midget, sprint, and USAC Silver Crown
cars. He is the only driver in history to win a championship
in both IndyCar and NASCAR. He won NASCAR champion,
as a driver (2002, 2005). Photo Source: jayski.com
62) 1928 Chrysler Model 72 Roadster: Although Chrysler Corp. was still in its infancy in 1928,
the fledgling company had managed to leap up sales charts from 32nd place to 3rd in a
matter of a few years. Chrysler took a unique path in sending a number of its cars overseas
to compete against the best Europe had to offer in motorsport. With the high-performance,
six-cylinder Series 70-series, Chrysler scored a tremendous 3rd & 4th position in 1928
Le Mans 24 Hour race. The much more exotic & expensive Bentley 4½ Litre came in first,
and Stutz Black Hawk came in second. Photo Source: hymanltd.com

72 in Mythology & History
63) 72 B.C.—
• Roman armies sent against Spartacus defeat his force of fugitive slaves.
— James Trager (Ed.) The People's Chronology
    Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1979, p. 31
• Spartacus and his followers defeat the Roman forces under Gnaeus
    Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus and Gellius, forcing the Roman legions
    to retreat in disarray. Both consuls are recalled to Rome in disgrace
    and relieved of their duties.
• Quintus Sertorius is assassinated by his subordinate, Marcus Perperna Vento,
    who is in turn defeated by Gnaeus Pompeius, thus ending Sertorian War in Spain.
• The Suebi and other tribes under King Ariovistus invade Gaul.
— 72 B.C. (Wikipedia.com)
64) 72 A.D.—
• Antiochus IV of Syria is deposed by Vespasian.
• Vespasian and Titus are Roman Consuls.
— 72 A.D. (fact-index.com)
65) 1972 was the 72nd year of the 20th century,
and the 3rd year of the 1970s decade.
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever,
as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated.
1-1-1972: Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1-4-1972: The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395)
1-14-1972: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark succeeds her father, King Frederick IX,
                  on the throne of Denmark, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and
                  the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
2-3-1972: The 1972 Winter Olympics begins in Sapporo, Japan.
2-21-1972: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon makes an unprecedented 8-day
                  visit to People's Republic of China and meets with Mao Zedong.
3-2-1972: The Pioneer 10 spacecraft is launched from Cape Kennedy,
                  to be the first man-made spacecraft to leave the solar system.
8-1-1972: First paper published by Peter Y. Chou in Gerald D. Fasman's lab at Brandeis—
                  "Conformational studies on copolymers of hydroxypropyl-L-glutamine
                  and L-leucine. Circular dichroism studies"
                  By Peter Y. Chou, Margarete Wells, & Gerald D. Fasman
                  Biochemistry, Vol. 11, 3028-3043 (1972) that led to Chou-Fasman Method.
8-26-1972: The 1972 Summer Olympics begins in Munich, West Germany.
9-1-1972: Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland,
                  becoming the first American world chess champion.
9-5-1972: Munich massacre: Eleven Israeli athletes at 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich are murdered
                after eight members of Arab terrorist group Black September invade Olympic Village.
12-14-1972: Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the Moon, after he and
                      Harrison Schmitt complete third & final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of Apollo 17.
66) 72nd Armor Regiment 72nd Armor "Crusaders"— from at least 1996. In 1984-85,
Isby & Kamps listed the 1-72 Armor and 2-72 Armor as part of the 1st Brigade,
2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, South Korea. They were respectively annotated
as to be redesignated, at some undetermined date, the 4-69 Armor and the 2-73 Armor.
At a later date, the 1st & 2nd Battalions, 72nd Armor, were attested as being assigned
to the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea. 1st Battalion was inactivated in 2015 and 2nd
Battalion was inactivated in 2005. Photo Source: 72nd Armor Regiment Insignia (mcgraphicdecals.com)
67) 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (originally raised as the 3rd California) was a volunteer
infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during American Civil War. It was part of
the famous Philadelphia Brigade. They wore a very Americanized zouave uniform. Jacket was
decorated with 16 ball brass buttons down the jacket's front. Total of 1,600 men fought in the 72nd,
of whom 1,053 became casualties, a 65% casualty rate. Insignia shows two horses prancing on
Coat-of-Arms with Eagle on top. Within the Coat-of-Arms is a Frigate Ship, an Animal with
long tail running to the right. Three rectangular boxes at bottom. Hard to read words in the three ribbons below.
Photo Source: 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (wikipedia.org)
68) 72nd Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine named after the Black Zaporozhians is a formation
of Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was previously named the 29th Rifle Division (2nd formation)
and then the 72nd Guards Rifle Division of the Soviet Ground Forces. In 1957, it became a
motor rifle division. Since 2014, the brigade has participated in the Ukrainian-Russian war
in Donbas as part of the Anti-Terrorist Operation. In the summer of 2014, units of the brigade
fought hard on the Russian-Ukrainian border, in the Azov region, and, in the winter of 2016,
near Avdiivka in the industrial zone. In August 2017, the brigade received an honorary title
after the military formation of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the Black Zaporozhian
Cavalry Regiment. The brigade is extensively involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
participating in battles in the Kyiv Oblast and in the Donbas. The Shoulder Patch Insignia
shows "72" between two wreath with 3 arrows from a bow. A rifle and sword form a "X"
above the wreath. Photo Source: 72nd Brigade of Ukraine (commons.wikimedia.org)
69) Cambodian alphabet is the longest in the world with 72 letters.
— Richard Phillips, Numbers: facts, figures and fiction (1994), p. 52.
70) The Bayeux Tapestry has 72 scenes. It tells the story
in pictures of Norman invasion of England in 1066.
Great Britain 477: Battle of Hastings (issued 10-14-1966)
— Richard Phillips, Numbers: facts, figures and fiction (1994), p. 52.
71) At Age 72:
Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) Chinese philosopher-sage, dies at age 72.
Confucius is traditionally credited with having authored or edited many
of the Chinese classic texts, including all of the Five Classics, Confucius's
principles have commonality with Chinese tradition & belief. With filial
piety, he championed strong family loyalty, ancestor veneration, & respect
of elders by their children and of husbands by their wives, recommending
family as a basis for ideal government. He espoused the Silver Rule—
"Do not do unto others what you do not want done to yourself".
He had 72 disciples. [Photo Source: colnect.com, issued 8-27-1947]
Saint Augustine (354-430) was a theologian and philosopher
of Berber origin and bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia,
Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development
of Western philosophy & Western Christianity, and he is viewed
as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church
in the Patristic Period. His many important works include
The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.
At age 72, his City of God, begun at 59, was completed (426 AD).
Photo Source: Saint Augustine (jimmyakin.com)
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for
his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended
from a common ancestor is now generally accepted & considered a fundamental concept in science.
In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this
branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which
struggle for existence has a similar effect to artificial selection involved in selective breeding.
Darwin was described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured
by burial in Westminster Abbey. His final work on The Formation of Vegetable Mould through
the Action of Worms (1881) was at age 72. Photo Source: Charles Darwin (wikimedia.org)
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the
American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851);
Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor,
a posthumously published novella. In 1864, Melville visited Virginia battlefields of the
Civil War, and published "Battle Pieces and Aspects of the War" (1866), a collection of
72 poems that was described as "a polyphonic verse journal of the conflict". At his death
at age 72, Melville was no longer well known to the public, but the 1919 centennial of
his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick eventually would be
considered one of the great American novels. Photo Source: Herman Melville (wikimedia.org)
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was an American business magnate & philanthropist.
Considered wealthiest American of all time & richest person in modern history.
Rockefeller was born into a large family in Upstate New York who moved several
times before eventually settling in Cleveland. He became an assistant bookkeeper
at age 16 & went into several business partnerships beginning at age 20, concentrating
his business on oil refining. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil Company in 1870. He ran
it until 1897 & remained its largest shareholder. At age 72, was forced to break up his
Standard Oil Trust (1911). He was worth $815 million, excluding charitable foundations
he has already set up. Photo Source: John D. Rockefeller (wikimedia.org)
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, & American
Civil War veteran. His The Devil's Dictionary was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces
of American Literature" by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was described as "one of the most famous & frequently
anthologized stories in American literature", & his Tales of Soldiers and Civilians was named
by Grolier Club one of 100 most influential American books printed before 1900. In 1913,
Bierce told reporters he was going to Mexico to gain first-hand experience of Mexican
Revolution. He disappeared and was never seen again.
Photo Source: Ambrose Bierce (wikimedia.org)
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist
and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended
from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including
major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923).
With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw
became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Literature "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity,
its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty". In 1928, at age 72,
Shaw published the book The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism and
the play The Apple Cart. Photo Source: George Bernard Shaw (wikimedia.org)
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was a British mathematician, philosopher, logician,
and public intellectual. He had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic,
set theory, linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science
and various areas of analytic philosophy, especially philosophy of mathematics,
philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics. He was one of the early
20th century's most prominent logicians, and a founder of analytic philosophy.
At age 72, he published A History of Western Philosophy (1945). In 1950, Russell
was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his varied & significant
writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought".
Photo Source: Bertrand Russell (wikimedia.org)
Le Corbusier (1887-1965) was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, & one of the pioneers of modern architecture. Born in Switzerland, he became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades, designing buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and North & South America. He considered that "the roots of modern architecture are to be found in Viollet-le-Duc". At age 72, he designed Harvard's Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, in Cambridge, MA.
Photo Sources: Le Corbusier (mamzelleswing.com) & wikimedia.org
It is July 16th, 1966 and 72-year-old Chairman Mao Zedong (1893-1976)
has chosen to join 5,000 other swimmers in Wuhan's 11th annual Cross-Yangtze
Competition. He is out to demonstrate that he is still vigorous, fit to lead his last
revolution, which he has already set in motion. Surrounded by six swimming
bodyguards, accompanied by giant portraits of himself & by placards asking
for 10,000 years of life for him, he stays in the water for 65 minutes, drifting some
ten miles downstream with the powerful current. End of Cultural Revolution was
finally signalled by President Nixon's visit to China in 1972.
(Photo Source: cdn.images.express.co.uk)
George Balanchine (1904-1983) was an ethnically Georgian American ballet
choreographer who was one of the most influential 20th-century choreographers.
Styled as father of American ballet, he co-founded the New York City Ballet
and remained its artistic director for more than 35 years. His choreography is
characterized by plotless ballets with minimal costume and décor, performed
to classical and neoclassical music. His 149th ballet Union Jack was performed
on May 13, 1976 at age 72 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center,
to honor British heritage in United States, its bicentennial (YouTube: dance).
Photo Source: George Balanchine (wikimedia.org)
Karl Wallenda (1905-1978) was a German-American high wire artist. He was
founder of The Flying Wallendas, a daredevil circus troupe whose members
performed dangerous stunts far above the ground, often without a safety net.
At age 72, he walks on a high wire strung between the top floors of the
Eden Roc and the Fountainbleau hotels at Miami (1977). In 1978, Wallenda's
walk between the two towers of the ten-story Condado Plaza Hotel in
San Juan, Puerto Rico, ended in tragedy. As a result of high winds and
an improperly secured wire, he lost his balance and fell to his death.
Photo Source: Karl Wallenda (wikimedia.org)
Clark Clifford (1906-1998) was an American lawyer who served as an important
political adviser to Democratic Presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon B. Johnson, & Jimmy Carter in 1979 (at age 72). His official government
positions were White House Counsel (1946-1950), Chairman of the President's
Intelligence Advisory Board (1963-1968), and Secretary of Defense (1968-1969);
Clifford was also influential in his role as an unofficial, informal presidential
adviser in various issues. A successful Washington lawyer, he was known for
his elite clientele, charming manners, and impeccable suits.
[Photo Source: wikimedia.org/]
Pedro Arrupe (1907-1991) was a Spanish Basque priest who served as 28th
Superior General of Society of Jesus (1965-1983). He has been called a second
founder of the Society, as he led the Jesuits in the implementation of the
Second Vatican Council, especially with regard to faith that does justice and
preferential option for the poor. Stationed as novice master outside Hiroshima
in 1945, Arrupe used his medical background as a first responder to the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima. At age 72, he wished to resign as head of Jesuits (1980),
which none had in its 439 years except through death. In 1983, a paralysis from
a stroke caused him to resign from office. He lived on until 1991. His cause for
sainthood was opened by Jesuits & Diocese of Rome in 2018. Pedro Arrupe
Memorial at University of San Francisco [Photo Source: blueeyedennis-siempre.blogspot.com]

• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) dies in 1864 at age 72 while completing "L'Africaine".
• Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), writes opera Petite Messe solennelle (1864) at age 72.
• Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), sculpture of Nijinsky (1912) at age 72.
• Adelina Patti (1843-1919), soprano, gave final performance in 1915 at age 72.
• Havergal Brian (1876-1972), composer, writes 25 symphonies (1948) after age 72.
• Pietro Nenni (1891-1980), becomes Deputy Prime Minister of Italy (1963) at age 72.
• Dame Judith Anderson (1897-1992), performed "A Man Called Horse" (1970) at age 72.
• Paul Gallico (1897-1976) publishes "The Poseeidon Adventure" (1969) at age 72.
    [Sources: Jeremy Baker, Tolstoy's Bicycle (1982), pp. 460-463, and Wikipedia.org.]


72 in Geography
72) Cities located at 72o longitude:
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: 72o 20' W longitude & 18o 32' N latitude
Cúcuta, Colombia: 72o 30' W longitude & 7o 53' N latitude
Montpelier, Vermont: 72o 34' W longitude & 44o 15' N latitude
Puerto Montt, Chile: 72o 56' W longitude & 41o 28' S latitude
73) Cities located at 72o latitude:
Upernavik, Greenland: 72o 47' N latitude & 56o 08' W longitude
74) 72 is not used as the country code for telephones in the world.
75) European Route E72: The A62 autoroute is a French motorway forming part
of the Autoroute de Deux Mers (Two Seas Motorway). The entirety of the
route forms the entirety of European route E 72, which is a part of the
inter-European road system. The route of A62 / E72 is between the cities
of Bordeaux and Toulouse. It is 150 miles long. (Photo Source: wikimedia.org)
76) U.S. Route 72 is an east-west U.S. highway that travels for 317.811 miles
from southwestern Tennessee, throughout North Mississippi, North Alabama,
and southeastern Tennessee. The highway's western terminus is in Memphis,
Tennessee & its eastern terminus is in Chattanooga. It is the only U.S. Highway
to begin and end in the same state, yet pass through other states in between.
Prior to the U.S. Highway system signage being posted in 1926, the entire
route was part of the Lee Highway.
(Photo Source: commons.wikimedia.org)
77) California State Route 72 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California.
The route runs along Whittier Boulevard in the Los Angeles area from
SR 39 in La Habra to Interstate 605 in Whittier. SR 72 forms part of El Camino Real,
which connected the Alta California missions, ran along what was then U.S. Route 101.
SR 72 is part of the National Highway System, that are considered essential to the
country's economy, defense, and mobility. Length: 7.204 miles (11.594 km).
(Photo Source: California Route 72 (commons.wikimedia.org)
78) Connecticut Route 72 is a state highway in the western part of the Greater Hartford area.
Route 72 is an L-shaped route with a north-south section in Plymouth and Harwinton
& an east-west section from Bristol to New Britain. Route 72 is a freeway from Route 9
in New Britain to Route 372 in Plainville. Although ConnDOT logs it as a north-south
route, it is signed as east-west with the exception of signage on route 4 at its northwest
terminus for route 72 south. It is 20.05 miles long.
(Photo Source: commons.wikimedia.org)
79) M-72 Michigan Highway is a state trunkline highway in U.S. state of Michigan, running from
Lake Huron to Lake Michigan across northern part of Lower Peninsula. Highway connects M-22
in Empire with US Highway 23 in Harrisville. It is one of only three Michigan state trunklines that
cross Lower Peninsula, shore to shore. In between, M-72 runs across Northern Michigan woodland,
agricultural areas of Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City, & Au Sable River watershed. Highway
traffic vary from 800 vehicles a day on the east end to over 32,000 vehicles near Traverse City.
It is 156.55 miles long. (Photo Source: commons.wikimedia.org)
80) King's Highway 72 is a provincially maintained highway in the northern half of the Canadian
province of Ontario. The highway connects Highway 17 in Dinorwic with the town of Sioux
Lookout, where there are connections with Highway 516 towards Savant Lake & Highway 642
towards Silver Dollar. Highway 72 was built as a trunk route by 1920, & became a provincial
highway in 1937. It has remained largely unchanged since then, aside from reconstruction and
realignment of the Frog Rapids bridge, & the renumbering of the fork towards Hudson
as Highway 664. Current Length: 68.5 km / 42.6 miles.
(Photo Source: thekingshighway.ca/)
81) New Zealand Highway 72: The Inland Scenic Route is a touring route in Canterbury,
New Zealand. In the north, the route starts in Amberley and in the south, it ends at
Orari Bridge where it meets State Highway 79 (SH 79). It is on the New Zealand
Automobile Association's list of 101 things that "Kiwis must do". The Inland Scenic
Route formed what used to be State Highway 72. Primary destinations: Rangiora,
Cust, Oxford, Waddington, Coalgate, Glentunnel, Windwhistle, Mount Hutt,
Alford Forest, Staveley, Mount Somers, Mayfield, Arundel, Orari Bridge.
Length is 223 km (139 miles). (Photo Source: commons.wikimedia.org)
82) 72nd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is a local station
on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.
It is located at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the Upper
West Side. It is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all
times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.
2,837,041 passengers rode in 2019. (Photo Source: subwaynut.com)
83) 72nd Street station (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line) is an express station
on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway,
located at intersection of Broadway, 72nd Street, & Amsterdam Avenue on
Upper West Side of Manhattan. It is served by 1, 2, and 3 trains at all times.
Traffic: 12,379,560 in 2019. (Photo Source: subwaynut.com)
84)
72nd Street Manhattan is one of the major bi-directional
crosstown streets in New York City's borough of Manhattan.
Street primarily runs through Upper West Side & Upper East
Side neighborhoods. It is one of few streets to go through
Central Park via Women's Gate, Terrace Drive, & Inventors
Gate, though Terrace Drive is often closed to vehicular traffic.
Dakota Apartment building is located on northwest corner of
West 72nd Street & Central Park West. John Lennon was
murdered here (12-8-1990). Lennon's widow Yoko Ono paid
a monthly fee of $12,566 for her 6,000 sq ft apartment in 1996 (double cost of similar apt). Other notable
tenants: Lauren Bacall, Leonard Bernstein, Rosemary Clooney, Connie Chung, Judy Garland, Lillian Gish,
Judy Holiday, Boris Karloff, John Madden, Joe Namath, Rudolf Nureyev, Gilda Radner, Paul Simon.
(Photo Source: W 72nd Street-Broadway Sign (dremtime.com)
85)
72nd Street Manhattan Residential Buildings
The Lost Gabriel Du Val Clark Mansion: 41 West 72nd Street;
A Victorian Dowager in a Jazz Age Dress: 143 West 72nd Street;
The Sutphen Mansion: 311 West 72nd Street;
Dorothy Parker's Childhood Home: 214 West 72nd Street;
The Henry Morgenthau House: 30 West 72nd Street;
The Sloane Mansion: 9 East 72nd Street;
The Charles E. Bigelow House: 251 West 72nd Street;
The Groff School: 228 West 72nd Street
(Photo Source: 214 West 72nd St. (daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com)
86) 72 boulevard Voltaire, 75011 Paris is a well-known boulevard in 11th arrondissement
of Paris. Created by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann during reign of French emperor
Napoleon III. Originally named Boulevard du Prince-Eugène, it was renamed Boulevard
Voltaire on 25 October 1870 in honour of French Enlightenment writer, historian, and
philosopher Voltaire. The boulevard is a great axis joining two historical squares associated
with French revolution, Place de la République and Place de la Nation & it is a main hub
for left wing demonstrations with the Republic & Nation squares as the focal points.
The boulevard is lined with platanus trees. Saint-Ambroise Church is near by.
Photo Source: 74 boulevard Voltaire (yahoo.com)
87) Landmark Tower is a postmodern supertall skyscraper in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The mixed-use project stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall with 72 floors above
ground and five basement levels. Construction on the skyscraper started
in late 2006 and the building was completed in 2013. It is the second
tallest building in Abu Dhabi behind the Burj Mohammed bin Rashid
in the Central Market Project World Trade Center complex.in Abu Dhabi,
UAE. It was designed of Pelli Clarke Pelli, a firm in Connecticut, and
drew "inspiration from a desert flower and the dodecagon." The building
was constructed over six years. At 330 metres tall, it had 31 floors for offices,
28 floors of apartments, five levels of underground parking, a fitness center,
and restaurant. It also had a "sky garden" and pool.
(Photo Source: wikipedia.org)
88)
Stanford Bronze Plaque 72 is on the ground 72 yards to the right
of Stanford University's Memorial Church. It is in front of the archway
between Buildings 60 & 70. The plaque is dedicated to Class of 1972.
First graduating class at Stanford was 1892. In 1980, Stanford Provost
Don Kennedy strolled around the Inner Quad and calculated that it
would take 512 years for the bronze class plaques embedded in the
walkways to circle the entire area ending with the Class of 2403.
(Photo by Peter Y. Chou, 8-23-2022)

72 in Art, Books, Music, & Films
89)
Woodblock Print #72
Hiroshige's 100 Views of Edo

"Haneda Ferry and
Benten Shrine" (1858)
Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum Notes:
The viewpoint here is that of a passenger
(suggested by the parasol to the lower right)
riding the ferry south from village of Haneda.
The lighthouse in the distance warns of the spit
of land projecting from the left. Nestled among
the trees at the end of the spit is a shrine to
Benten, the goddess of water, music, and literature.
Like so many boats in traditional Japan, the ferry
is propelled by a single scull, or oar, about ten
or twelve feet long. The scull was fitted along the
shaft with a wooden socket that pivoted on a protruding
ball mounted in the stern. A rope, looped around a peg
on the scull, counterbalanced the weight of the blade
and stabilized the rhythmic twisting action needed to
manipulate it. Photo Source: Woodblock #72 (wikipedia.org)
90) Krishna Print #72 shows "A close up of a Deity of Radharani with painted flowers on Her face"
from Krishna Darshan Art Gallery featuring 188 paintings of Lord Krishna.
91) "No. 72" is a painting
by Kazuki Umigish (2021)
Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 20.9" Width x 20.9" Height x 0.8" Depth
Exhibition of Umigish's artworks
Photo Source: No. 72 (saatchiart.com)
92) Bach Cantata 72 Alles nur nach Gottes Willen (Everything according to God's will alone)
BWV 72, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig in 1726
for the third Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 27 January 1726. Bach used
opening chorus for the Gloria of his Missa in G minor, BWV 235. The readings were taken
from Epistle to the Romans 12:17-21, & from Gospel of Matthew 8:1-13, healing of a leper.
Cantata text was written by Salomon Franck, who was Bach's librettist. Bach structured
the cantata in six movements. He scored the vocal parts for solo: soprano, alto and bass.
YouTube; Photo Source: Bach Cantata 72 (allmusic.com)
93) Symphony 72 in D major (Hoboken 1/72) is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. It was
probably composed between 1763 & 1765. Date of this composition is earlier than
its number suggests. This work is not well chronologically placed in the Hoboken
numbering system: it was composed 15 to 20 years before the neighboring works.
It is scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, four horns & strings. It is one of the few
classical-era symphonies to include four horns rather than two. This work is closely
related to the Hornsignal Symphony because of its many soloistic horn passages and
is also related to the "Day Trilogy" symphonies 6, 7 and 8 because of concertante
passages for other instruments. YouTube. Photo Source: Symphony 72 (amazon.com)
94) Fidelio originally titled Leonore, or Triumph of Marital Love, Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera.
German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly,
with work premiering at Vienna's Theater an der Wien on 20 November 1805. Following year, Stephan
von Breuning helped shorten the work from three acts to two. After further work on libretto by Georg
Friedrich Treitschke, final version was performed at Kärntnertortheater on 23 May 1814. By convention,
both of first two versions are referred to as Leonore. Leonore, disguised as prison guard named "Fidelio",
rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison. Orchestra consists of 1 piccolo, 2 flutes,
2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, and strings.
YouTube. Photo Source: Beethoven's Fidelio (amazon.com)
95) Five Songs Op. 72, were written by Johannes Brahms in 1877, for voice and piano.
The songs of Op. 72 are 13 minutes long. All five are of excellent quality, among best of his entire song output.
As in the other three sets, minor poets (Candidus & Lemcke, both of whom appear in all 4 groups) are joined
with great ones (Brentano & Goethe). Five songs: 1. Alte Liebe (Old Love); 2. Sommerfäden (Gossamer Threads);
3. O kühler Wald (O Cool Forest); 4. Verzagen (Despondency); 5. Unüberwindlich (Unconquerable) by Goethe.
German texts & English translations of the songs are found here. YouTube: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5,
Photo Source: Brahm's Op. 72 (sheetmusicdirect.com)
96) Elvis Presley's Madison Square Garden Show was on Saturday June 10, 1972.
The concert, and subsequent album, were promoted as being Presley's first live concerts in the Big Apple
since 1950s. Album was certified Gold on August 4, 1972, Platinum on May 20, 1988, double-Platinum
on March 27, 1992, & triple-Platinum on July 15, 1999, by RIAA. Along with Aloha from Hawaii: Via
Satellite it ranked as one of best selling live albums of 1970s. Side 1: 1. "Introduction: Also Sprach
Zarathustra" (theme 2001: A Space Odyssey); 2. "That's All Right"; 3. "Proud Mary"; 4. "Never Been to
Spain"; 5. "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"; 6. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"; " 7. "Polk Salad
Annie"; 8. "Love Me"; 9. "All Shook Up"; 10. "Heartbreak Hotel"; 11. "Medley: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy
Bear" / "Don't Be Cruel": 12. "Love Me Tender"; Side 2: 1. "Impossible Dream"; 2. "Elvis Introductions";
3. "Hound Dog"; 4. "Suspicious Minds"; 5. "For the Good Times"; 6. "An American Trilogy"; 7. "Funny How Time Slips Away";
8. "I Can't Stop Loving You"; 9. "Can't Help Falling in Love"; 10. "End Theme". YouTube: June 10, 1972 (1; 2); Photo: (wikipedia.org)

72 in Sports & Games
97) Baseball's 72nd World Series (1975) matched American League champion Boston Red Sox
and the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds won the series, four games to three.
In 2003, ESPN ranked it the second-greatest World Series ever played, trailing only the 1991 series,
while in 2020, Sam Miller of ESPN named it best World Series ever. As the 6th game passed four
hours, Carlton Fisk led off; with a 1-0 count, he lifted a sinker down the left-field line and the ball
struck the foul pole well above the Green Monster. In what has now become an iconic baseball film
highlight, NBC's left-field game camera (in the scoreboard) caught Fisk wildly waving his arms to
his right after hitting the ball and watching its path while drifting down the first base line, as if he
was trying to coax the ball to "stay fair". The ball indeed stayed fair and Fisk triumphantly leaped
into the air as the Red Sox tied the Series. — Joseph Reichler (Ed.), The Baseball Encyclopepia (7th Ed.),
(1988), p. 2802. Photo Source: 1975 World Series Program (amazon.com)
98) Baseball's 72nd All-Star Game (2001) between the all-stars of American League (AL) and
National League (NL). The game was held on July 10, 2001 at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington,
home of Seattle Mariners of American League. American League defeated National League, 4-1.
This was Cal Ripken Jr.'s 19th & final All-Star Game. It was also final All-Star Game for San Diego
Padres right fielder Tony Gwynn. American League squad for game featured 8 players from Seattle
Mariners. Cal Ripken was awarded game's MVP, becoming the fourth player ever— and first from
American League— to win two All-Star Game MVP awards. Photo: 2001 All-Stars Logo (wikipedia.org)
99) Most Career Games with Multiple Home Runs—
Ranked 1st with 72: Babe Ruth
(#2 Barry Bonds 71, #3 Sammy Sosa 69)
Lyle Spatz (Ed.), The SABR Baseball List & Record Books, 3rd Ed. (2007), p. 47
100) Highest Slugging Average in a Season, since 1893—
Ranked 25th with .720 by Larry Walker
Colorado Rockies, NL, 1997
(#1 Barry Bonds .863, #2 Babe Ruth .847, #3 Babe Ruth .846)
Lyle Spatz (Ed.), The SABR Baseball List & Record Books, 3rd Ed. (2007), p. 109
101) Most Career Wins in Relief—
Ranked 23rd with 72— John Hiller.
(#1 Hoyt Wilhelm 124, #2 Lindy McDaniel 119, #3 Goose Gossage 115)
Lyle Spatz (Ed.), The SABR Baseball List & Record Books, 3rd Ed. (2007), p. 215
102) Most Career Double Plays by an Outfielder—
Ranked 8 with 72— Dummy Hoy
(#1 Tris Speaker 139; #2 Ty Cobb 107; #3 Max Carey 86)
Lyle Spatz (Ed.), The SABR Baseball List & Record Books, 3rd Ed. (2007), p. 298
103) Highest Scoring in NCAA Tournament for Single Game—
Kevin Bradshaw ranks 1st with 72 points
as U.S, International beats Loyola Marymount (1-5-1991)
(#2 Pete Maravich 69; #3 Calvin Murphy 68)
Mike Meserole, The Ultimate Book of Sports Lists 1998
DK Publishing, Inc. New York, 1997, p. 88
104) 72 points scored by Wilt Chamberlain
ranks 7th (11-3-1962) as
single game leader in the NBA.
(#1 Wilt Chamberlain 100; #2 Kobe Bryant 81; #3 Wilt Chamberlain 78)
Mike Meserole, The Ultimate Book of Sports Lists 1998
DK Publishing, Inc. New York, 1997, p. 110
105) 72 points scored by Brett Hull
ranks 9th (St. Louis, 1989-90) as
most goals a season in the NHL.
(#1 Wayne Gretsky 92; #2 Wayne Gretsky 87; #3 Brett HUll 86)
Mike Meserole, The Ultimate Book of Sports Lists 1998
DK Publishing, Inc. New York, 1997, p. 128
106) Jack Nichlaus scored 63-71-70-68
for 272 to win the 1980 U.S. Open in Golf
for the lowest 72-Hole Totals at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, NJ.
Mike Meserole, The Ultimate Book of Sports Lists 1998
DK Publishing, Inc. New York, 1997, p. 141
107) Rickey Henderson sets single season stolen bases with 130. His 72nd stolen base came on
June 29, 1982 against Don Hood of Kansas City Royals when he stoled 3rd base in 5th inning.
108) Baseball & Football Players with Uniform #72—

Carlton Fisk #72
Boston Red Sox (1971-1980)
Chicago White Sox (1981-1993)
William Perry #72
Chicago Bears (1986-1993)
Philadelphia Eagles (1993-1994)
John Matuszak #72
Kansas City Chiefs (1974-75)
Oakland Raiders (1976-1982)
Dan Dierdorf #72
St. Louis Cardinals (1990-97)
NFL Hall of Fame 1996
• Carlton Fisk (born 12-26-1947) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball
as a catcher from 1969 to 1993 for Boston Red Sox (1969, 1971-1980) and Chicago White Sox (1981-1993). In 1972, he was
the first player to be unanimously voted American League (AL) Rookie of the Year. Fisk is best known for his game-winning
home run in 12th inning of Game 6 of 1975 World Series, during which he memorably waved his arms hoping for batted ball
to remain fair. Fisk was voted to the All-Star team 11 times and won three Silver Slugger Awards which is awarded annually
to best offensive player at each position. Fisk was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.
• William Perry (born 12-16-1962) nicknamed "the Refrigerator", is a former American football defensive tackle who played
in National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, primarily with the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Clemson
and was selected by the Bears in first round of the 1985 NFL Draft. Perry gained popularity during his rookie season as a
member of the Bears team that won the franchise's first and only Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XX. During the season,
Perry occasionally played fullback in goal line situations and set the then-record for the heaviest player to score a touchdown
at 335 lb (152 kg). He remains heaviest player to score a touchdown in Super Bowl and has largest Super Bowl ring at size 25.
• John Matuszak (1950-1989) nicknamed "Tooz", was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL)
who later became an actor. Matuszak was the first overall pick in the 1973 NFL Draft and played most of his career with the
Oakland Raiders until he retired after winning his second Super Bowl in 1981. He participated in the 1978 World's Strongest
Man competition, where he placed ninth. As an actor, Matuszak played in both films and television, appearing first as
O. W. Shaddock in 1979 in North Dallas Forty followed by Tonda in the 1981 film Caveman and the deformed Sloth in
the 1985 movie The Goonies. His biography, Cruisin' with the Tooz, written with Steve Delsohn, was published in 1987.
• Dan Dierdorf (b. June 29, 1949) is an American sportscaster and former professional football player. He played 13 seasons
(1971-1983) as an offensive tackle for St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Playing in the NFL for
St. Louis, he was selected by the National Football League Players Association as the Offensive Lineman of the Year for
three consecutive years from 1976 to 1978. Between 1974 and 1980, he played in the Pro Bowl six times and was chosen
as a first-team All-Pro 5 times. Named to NFL 1970s All-Decade Team; Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
Reference: Sporting News, Best By Number: Who Wore What With Distinction (2006), pp. 182-183;
Photo Sources: Carlton Fisk (kulinerinpadang.blogspot.com); William Perry (reddit.com);
John Matuszak (pinterest.es); Dan Dierdorf (playactioncustoms.com);
109) 72nd Kentucky Derby was won by Assault in 2:06 with jockey Warren Mehrtens aboard (May 4, 1946).
Assault was the 7th horse to win the Triple Crown.
110) 72nd Preakness was won by Assault in 2:01.4 with jockey Warren Mehrtens aboard (May 13, 1946);
111) 72nd Belmont Stakes was won by Bimelech in 2:29.6 with jockey Fred A. Smith aboard (June 8, 1940)
112) 72nd Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Ashley Cooper defeated Neale Fraser in the final,
3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-11 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title on July 4, 1958
Cooper had to play 332 games to win title, most of any male champion in history of the tournament.
113) 72nd Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Billie Jean King defeats Evonne Goolagong Cawley
6-0, 6-1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title on July 4, 1975
114) 72nd U.S. Open Tennis: Frank Sedgman defeated Gardnar Mulloy 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
in finals to win men's singles tennis title at 1952 U.S. National Championships (9-8-1952)
115) 72nd U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus won his his third U.S. Open title,
three strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Crampton. He scored 290 at the
Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California on June 18, 1972.
116) 72nd Boston Marathon: Amby Burfoot of USA wins in 2:22.17.
Woman's Champion was Roberta Louise Gibb @ 3:40.00. (April 19, 1968).

72 in Collectibles, Coins & Postage Stamps
117) 1872 U.S. Seated Liberty Silver Half Dollar,
Obverse: Seated Liberty with 13 Stars & Coinage Year
Reverse: Bald Eagle holding Olive Branches & Arrows
with banner "IN GOD WE TRUST" above the eagle.
Years of Minting: 1840-1873; Mintage: 881,550
at San Francisco; Designer: Christian Gobrecht;
Metal Composition: 90% Silver & 10% Copper.
Mint Coin selling for $2619.
Photo Source: usacoinbook.com
118) 1872 U.S. Shield Nickel,
Obverse: Shield & Coinage Year, "In God We Trust" at top
Reverse: 13 Stars surround "5" with Cents at bottom
Years of Minting: 1866-1883; Mintage: 6,036,000
at Philadelphia; Designer: James B. Longacre;
Metal Composition: 75% Copper & 25% Nickel.
Estimated Value is Worth $57 in Average Condition
and $351 in Uncirculated Mint Condition.
Photo Source: usacoinbook.com
119) National Parks Centennial 1872-1972 BronzeMedal
Obverse of Medal: "Parks * Man * and His Environment" on top
"A Second Century" on bottom;
Buffalo in middle with Globe above
Medal's Reverse:
"1872 * National Parks Centennial * 1972" on top:
"Old Faithful" on bottom
Geyser shooting up in middle
Price: $21.00. Photo Source: ebay.com
120)
France Exposition Paris 1872 Award Gilded Art Medal
Obverse of Medal:
"Exposition Universelle d'Economie Domestique" on top;
"Paris 1872" on bottom; Goddess with wreath & a staff
Medal Reverse:
"Societe Natinale d'Encouragement des Travalleurs Industriels"
Wreath in center enclosing writing
Medal desin by Blodelet, 68 mm, 145 grams; Price: $60.00
(Photo Source: ebay.com)
121) ALIGN=left BORDER=0> There are 100 Marvel Value Stamps
issued 1974-1976 in Marvel Comic Books
Stamp #72 The Lizard from
Amazing Spider-Man #44
Artist: John Romita, Sr.
Comic Issues containing this stamp:
Conan the Barbarian #39, June 1974, p. 19
Ka-Zar #10, August 1975, p. 19
Werewolf by Night #21, Sept. 1974, p. 19.
122) There are 200 cards in Wings: Friend or Foe (Topps 1952)
Card #72 is Venom: British Jet Fighter
123) There are 160 cards in World on Wheels (Topps 1953)
Card #72 is 1911 Hudson Touring Car
124) There are 135 cards in Look 'n See (Topps 1952)
Card #72 is Cyrus H. McCormick (American Inventor)
125) There are 156 cards in Scoop (Topps 1954)
Card #72 is Ederle Swims English Channel (August 16, 1926)
126) 22 There are 80 cards in Flags of the World (Topps 1956)
Card #72 is Pakistan
127) There are 80 cards in Davy Crockett (Topps 1956, orange back)
Card #72 is Every Shot Counts
128) Postage Stamps from Canada with 72¢ denomination—

Canada 1083, 72¢
Hand-Drawn Cart
(issued 5-6-1987)
Canada 1125, 72¢
Battleford Post Office
(issued 6-12-1987)
Canada 1150, 72¢
Mistletoe & Tree
(issued 11-02-1987)
Note: Postage stamps with 69 denomination were found on the web. Consulted 2018 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Volumes 2B & 4B (Los Altos Library) for Scott Catalogue #s. The stamps shown above were all downloaded from the web using Google Images and eBay searches. Click on catalogue #s for image source where the stamp appears. The dates of issue were found in Scott Catalogues as well as the Scott Catalogue #s. Click on stamp to enlarge.

72 in Books & Quotes
129) At the age of seventy-two...
he had seriousness— extreme
seriousness— for others, but
never for himself. Tranquillity
was to him.
— Herman Melville (1819-1891), Israel Potter (1855)
Cited in 100 Years (Wisdom from Famous Writers on Every Year of Your Life),
Joshua Prager (selections) & Milton Glaser (visualizations),
W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 2016
130) Bollingen Series LXXII is Eugene Onegin
by Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837);
Translated with commentary by Vladimir Nabokov
Princeton University Press, NJ, 1964
131) Volume 72 of Time Magazine (1st issue: March 3, 1923)
runs from July 7, 1958, LXXII, No. 1
(Cover: Stephen Kennedy)
to Dec. 29, 1958, LXXII, No. 26
(Cover: Wall Street Bull)
Gamal Abdel Nasser (7-28-1958, LXXII:4);
Henry Cabot Lodge (8-11-1958, LXXII:6);
Jack Parr (8-18-1958, LXXII:7);
Nelson Rockefeller (10-6-1958, LXXII:14);
Pope John Paul XXIII (11-10-1958, LXII:19);
Boris Pasternak (12-15-1958, LXXII:24)
Photo Source: Boris Pasternak (time.com)
132) Volume 72 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography
is titled "French Novelists, 1930-1960,
(Dictionary of Literary Biography, 72)"
Edited by Catharine Savage Brosman, Gale Research, Detroit, 1988
DLB 72 This is second of three DLB volumes to cover French literature of the 20th century.
It offers a chronological grouping of novelists whose careers often spanned more than
one period but whose literary concerns are associated mainly with the decade prior to
World War II, the war & Occupation years, the apres-guerre and the 1950s. In the darkening
years prior to 1939, radical social changes in France were both inevitable and desirable.
Having made social criticism central in their fiction, writers of this period were generally
alike in their nihilistic viewpoints. Many French novelists were shaped in the postwar years
by their desire to make their writing serve as a foundation for radical changes they sensed
should take place & to underscore weaknesses and needs of contemporary France. This period
has been accurately called generation of committed literature in French existentialism.
27 entries include: Louis Aragon, Marcel Arland, Simone de Beauvoir, Georges Bernanos,
Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Andre Malraux, Paul Nizan, Jean-Paul Sartre,
Elsa Triolet, Marguerite Yourcenar and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
133) 72 Hours is a Intrigue Thriller by Dana Marton (2008)
The story reunites American Consul Kate Hamilton with former love, undercover SDDU Agent
Parker McCall. Kate is dining with Russian Ambassador & his wife, when embassy is attacked
and taken over by terrorist. Tasked with rescuing her, Parker secretly enters the building
to get Kate out before she comes to any harm. Unfortunately, much to Parker's chagrin,
Kate has no intention of leaving without trying to help other hostages who hid her
amongst the kitchen staff. To complicate thing, the terrorist leader, Russian traitor who
et them into the embassy, and Russian Special Forces leader, all have their own agenda,
which may make it difficult for anyone to get out alive. Photo Source: ebay.com
134) 72 Hours-City on Fire (2021) by Thomas Wills
With the city on fire, & a serial arsonist on the loose, Westgate Firefighters are given 72 hours
to track down & bring the arsonist to justice. Armed with a gun, in a dark alley, the Bug ambushes
the senior fire investigator on his trail. Meanwhile the crew from Westgate Engine 4 are just one step
behind the killer as they work non-stop putting out his fires. The chase takes a dramatic toll on all four
firefighters. Burned, broken and bullet ridden, their bond keeps them moving forward. When the arsonist
kills again. He leaves behind a clue that leads police right to his front door. Unable to flee he vanishes inside
the fire until they smoke him out. Ride along on Engine 4 with Captain Ed Lofton, Engineer Bob Stacks,
Firefighters Kurt Smith & Mat Plant as they work together to end the fiery siege. Photo Source: amazon.com/
135) 72 Hour Hold (2005) is a novel by Bebe MooreCampbell. In this novel of family & redemption,
a mother struggles to save her 18-year-old daughter from devastating consequences of mental
illness by forcing her to deal with her bipolar disorder. Bebe Moore Campbell draws on her
own powerful emotions & African-American roots, showcasing her best writing yet. Trina
suffers from bipolar disorder, making her paranoid, wild, & violent. Watching her child
turn into a bizarre stranger, Keri searches for assistance through normal channels. She
quickly learns that a 72 hour hold is the only help you can get when an adult child starts
to spiral out of control. After three days, Trina can sign herself out of any program.
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136) Seventy-Two Letters (2000) by Ted Chiang
published in June 2000 in the Ellen Datlow's anthology Vanishing Acts. The novella
can also be found in anthologies Year's Best SF 6 (2001), edited by David G. Hartwell.
The novella focuses on an alternate history of the world where the science
and technology are based on the use of golems and, accordingly, the Kabbalistic
names embedded in them. Biologists discover that the number of human generations
is a constant value and that in about 100 years the human race will die out due to the lack
of sperm in the last generation. An unexpected way out of the impasse has yet to be found.
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137) 72 Hours: Martyr Who Never Died
is a 2019 Indian biographical drama film directed by Avinash Dhyani.
The story is based on the life and times of rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat,
who fought against the encroaching Chinese army during the 1962
Sino-Indian War. During the Battle of Nuranang on 17 November 1962
in the North-East Frontier Agency (now Arunachal Pradesh), Rifleman
Jaswant Singh Rawat was serving in 4th battalion of 4th Garhwal Rifles
regiment. On that day, the 4th Garhwal Rifles had beaten back two People's
Liberation Army charges on their position. The film got positive reviews
from both audience & critics. Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat (Avinash Dhyani)
refuses to leave & fights against the Chinese army alone for 72 hours.
Photo Source: wikipedia.org

72 in the Bible
138) 72 is cited 7 times in the Bible:
• And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
— Numbers 31:33
• And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which
    the Lord's tribute was threescore and twelve.
— Numbers 31:38
• The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two
— Ezra 2:3
• The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two
— Ezra 2:4
• The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two
— Nehemiah 7:8
• The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two
— Nehemiah 7:9
• Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren
    that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two
— Nehemiah 11:19
Source: The Complete Concordance to the Bible: New King James Version,
Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN, 1983, p. 863.
139) In 72nd Psalm David prays for Solomon:
1. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
2. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
3. The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
6. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
7. In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace
    so long as the moon endureth.
13. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
17. His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun:
      and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
18. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
19. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth
      be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
      — Psalms 72
140) 72nd Book of Enoch: The Sun:
1. The book of the courses of the luminaries of the heaven, the relations of each,
according to their classes, their dominion and their seasons, according to their names
and places of origin, and according to their months, which Uriel, the holy angel,
who was with me, who is their guide, showed me; and he showed me all their laws
exactly as they are, and how it is with regard to all the years of the world and
unto eternity, till the new creation is accomplished which dureth till eternity.
2. And this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary the Sun has its rising
in the eastern portals of the heaven, & its setting in the western portals of the heaven.
3. And I saw six portals in which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets
and the moon rises and sets in these portals, and the leaders of the stars and those
whom they lead: six in the east and six in the west, and all following each other in
accurately corresponding order: also many windows to the right & left of these portals.
4. And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun, and his circumference
is like circumference of heaven, & he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire.
5. The chariot on which he ascends, the wind drives, and the sun goes down from heaven
and returns through the north in order to reach the east, and is so guided that he comes
to the appropriate portal and shines in the face of the heaven.
37. As he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night,
and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon.
 — Book of Enoch, LXXII (circa 105 B.C.-64 B.C.)
    translated by R. H. Charles, S.P.C.K., London, 1917, pp. 95-98
141) 72nd Saying of Gospel of Thomas:
[A man said] to him: Speak to my brethren, that they may divide my father's possessions
with me. He said to him: O man, who made me a divider? He turned to his disciples
(and) said to them: I am not a divider, am I?
Gospel of Thomas 72 (114 sayings of Jesus, circa 150 A.D.)
(translated by Thomas O. Lambdin, 1988)
142) In Chapter 72 of The Aquarian Gospel,
Jesus in Jerusalem. Drives merchants out of the temple
  1. The Jewish paschal feast time came and Jesus left his mother
      in Capernaum and journeyed to Jerusalem.
  4. And when the people saw him come they said, All hail! behold the king!
  5. But Jesus answered not; he saw the money changers
      in the house of God, and he was grieved.
  6. The courts had been converted into marts of trade,
      and men were selling lambs and doves for offerings in sacrifice.
  8. This house ordained for prayer is now a den of thieves.
      Can good and evil dwell together in the courts of God? I tell you, no.
  9. And then he made a scourge of cords and drove the merchants out;
      he overturned their boards, and threw their money on the floor.
10. He opened up the cages of the captive birds, and cut the cords
      that bound the lambs, and set them free.
21. Philo, who had come from Egypt to attend the feast, stood forth and said,
22. You men of Israel, hear! This man is more than man; take heed to what you do.
      I have, myself, heard Jesus speak, and all the winds were still.
23. And I have seen him touch the sick, and they were healed.
      He stands a sage above the sages of the world
24. And you will see his star arise, and it will grow
      until it is full-orbed Sun of Righteousness
25. Do not be hasty, men; just wait and you will have the proofs of his messiahship.
28. The king is God; the pure in heart alone can see the face of God and live.
31. I am the candle of the Lord aflame to light the way; and while
      you have the light walk in the light.
 — The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ, Chapter 72
    Transcribed from the Akashic Records by Levi H. Dowling
    DeVorss & Co., Santa Monica, CA, 1908, Reset 1964, pp. 113-114.

72 in Books on Philosophy and Religion
143) Hymn 72 in Book 1 of the Rig Veda is a song of praise to Agni, the God of Fire:
1. THOUGH holding many gifts for men, he humbleth the higher powers
    of each wise ordainer. Agni is now the treasure-lord of treasures,
    for ever granting all immortal bounties.
2. The Gods infallible all searching found not him, the dear Babe who still
    is round about us. Worn weary, following his track, devoted, they reached
    the lovely highest home of Agni.
3. Because with holy oil the pure Ones, Agni, served thee the very pure
    three autumn seasons, Therefore they won them holy names for worship,
    and nobly born they dignified their bodies.,
6. Soon as the holy beings had discovered the thrice-seven mystic things
    contained within thee, With these, one-minded, they preserve the Amrta:
    guard thou the life of all their plants and cattle.
9. They who approached all noble operations making a path that leads
    to life immortal, To be the Bird's support, the spacious mother,
    Aditi, and her great Sons stood in power.
10. When Gods immortal made both eyes of heaven, they gave to him the gift
      of beauteous glory. Now they flow forth like rivers set in motion:
      they knew the Red Steeds coming down, O Agni.
— Rig Veda Book 1, 72.1-10 (circa 1500 B.C.)
144)

Book of the Dead cover		 Chapter 72 in The Papyrus of Ani, Egyptian Book of the Dead
is "Chapter for going out into the day and opening uphe tomb—
Hail to you, you owners of souls, who are devoid of wrong,
who exist for all eternity! Open tome, for I am a spirit in my
own shape. I have power by means of this my magic, and I am
recognized as a spirit. Save me from aggressors in this land
of the just, give me my mouth that I may speak with it, let
my arms be extended in your presence, because I know you.
I know your names, I know the name of that Great God before
whom you place your provisions, whose name is Tjekem.
He opens up the eastern horizon of the sky, he alights in
the western horizon of the sky, he removes me so that I may
be hale. The Milky Way will not reject me, the rebels will not
have power over me. I shall not be turned away from your portals,
the doors shall not be closed against me, because my bread is in Pe, my beer is in Dep,
my hands shall be... there, there shall be given to me my father Atum, there shall be
established for me my houses in the sky & on earth, with uncounted emmer therein;
offering shall be made to me there of food by my son of my body, you shall give
invocation-offerings of bread and beer, incense and unguent, and all things good
and pure whereon a god lives, in very deed forever, in any shape which I desire,
& faring downstream & upstream in the Field of Rushes, for I am the Double Lion.
— Egyptian Book of the Dead: Book of Going Forth by Day
    Complete Papyrus of Ani, Chapter 72, (circa 1250 B.C.), p. 108
    (translated by Raymond Faulkner), Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1994
    Image Source:: Book Cover (wisdomportal.com)
145)
Lao Tzu (604 BC-517 BC), Tao Te Ching, Verse 72:
When they lose their sense of awe,
people turn to religion.
When they no longer trust themselves,
they begin to depend upon authority.

Therefore the Master steps back
so that people won't be confused.
He teaches without a teaching,
so that people will have nothing to learn.
(translated by Stephen Mitchell,
Tao Te Ching (4th century BC)
Harper & Row, New York, 1988)
Lao Tzu (detail)
Silk Painting in
British Museum
146) Lao Tzu (604-517 BC), Hua Hu Ching, Verse 72:
If you wish to gain merit and become one with the divine, then develop your virtue
and extend it to the world. Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do
some ordinary daily work, such as healing. Let go of all conflict and strife. Practice
unswerving kindness and unending patience. Avoid following impulses and pursuing
ambitions which destroy the wholeness of your mind & separate you from the Integral Way.
Neither become obsessed with circumstances nor forego awareness of them. To manage your
mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to the nothingness.
(translated by Brian Walker, Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu,
Harper San Francisco 1992)
147) Aphorism 72 of Symbols of Pythagoras:
De rheda, junctis pedibus, ne exilite..
Leap not from a chariot with your feet close together. — Dacier.
Do not make sudden changes of attitude or of occupation;
unless indeed your feet are ready to support you in the new condition.
— Pythagoras (580-500 B.C.), Symbols of Pythagoras
(translated by Sapere Aude, Collectanea Hermetica, Vol. V, 1894)
reprinted in Percy Bullock, The Dream of Scipio, Aquarian Press,
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK, 1983, p. 85
148) Fragment 72 of Heraclitus (540 B.C.-480 B.C.):
Chapter V: In Religious Perspective
Fire in its advance will judge and overtake all things
— Philip Wheelwright, Heraclitus,
Athenum, New York (1964), p. 68
Originally published by Princton University Press, 1959
Romania #1442, 10 Bani stamp honoring 2500th anniversary
of birth of Heraclitus of Ephesus (issued October 25, 1961)
Image Source: Heraclitus Romanian Stamp (stampsoftheworld.co.uk)
149) Section 72a of Plato's Phaedo—
Socrates to Cebes on the living coming from the dead:
So we agree upon this too— that the living have come from the dead
no less than the dead from the living. But I think we decided that if this
was so, it was a sufficient proof that the souls of the dead must exist in
some place from which they are reborn. It seems to me, Socrates, he said,
that this follows necessarily from our agreement.
— Plato (428-348 BC), Phaedo 72a (360 BC)
(trans. Hugh Tredennick), Edited by Edith Hamilton & Huntington Cairns,
Plato: The Collected Dialogues, Bollingen Series LXXI,
Princeton University Press, 1961, pp. 54-55
150) Section 72d of Plato's Timaeus— Soul as to mortal and divine:
Concerning the soul, as to which part is mortal and which divine,
and how and why they are separated, and in what company thet are
placed, if God acknowledges that we have spoken the truth, then. and
then only, can we be confident; still, we may venture to assert that
what has been said by us is probable, and will be rendered more probable
by investigation. Let us assume thus much.
— Plato (428-348 BC), Timaeus 72d (360 BC)
(trans. Benjamin Jowett), Edited by Edith Hamilton & Huntington Cairns,
Plato: The Collected Dialogues, Bollingen Series LXXI,
Princeton University Press, 1961, page 1195
151) 72nd Verse of Buddha's Dhammapada: Canto V— The Fool
Whatever knowledge a fool acquires causes him only harm.
It cleaves his head and destroys his good nature (through conceit).
Dhammapada Verse 72 (240 B.C.)
(translated by Harischandra Kaviratna,
Dhammapada: Wisdom of the Buddha, 1980)
152) 72nd Verse of Chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita
(Krishna's lecture to Arjuna on karma yoga):
This is the Eternal in man, O Arjuna. Reaching him
all delusion is gone. Even in the last hour of his life
upon earth, man can reach the Nirvana of Brahman—
man can find peace in the peace of his God. (2:72)
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verse 72
(Translated by Juan Mascaro, Penguin Books, 1962, p. 55)
153) 72nd Verse of Chapter 18 of Bhagavad Gita
(Krishna's lecture to Arjuna on renunciation & surrender):
Hast thou heard these words, Arjuna, in the silent communion of thy soul?
Has the darkness of thy delusion been dispelled by thine inner Light? (18:72)
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 72
(Translated by Juan Mascaro, Penguin Books, 1962, p. 121)
154) 72nd Verse in Chapter 18 of Ashtavakra Gita
(Sage Ashtavakra's dialogue with King Janaka):
Where is bondage? Where is liberation? Where is joy? Where is sorrow?
...for one who does not perceive Nature— the relative existence—
but sees only the Self shining in endless forms.
Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 72 (circa 400 B.C.)
Translated by Swami Chinmayananda (1972), pp. 340-341
Chinmayananda's Commentary: The Sage who has risen above the ego,
and has, therefore transcended his intellect and awakened to the Self,
from his Divine State, sees no plurality at all. He is the one, who is
Liberated-in-life... To the awakened Man-of-Perfection even when
he views the world-of-plurality, can he ever forget the essential Truth,
that shimmers in and through the names-and-forms!
155) 72nd Aphroism Patanjali's Yoga Sutra:
The nature of the seen is only for the purpose of that (purusa). tad-artha eva drsyaya-atma.
Patanjali (circa 200 B.C.), Yoga Sutra II.21: Aphroism 72 (circa 200 B.C.)
translated by Rama Prasada, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi, 1995, p. 168
156) 72nd Aphroism in Book 7
of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations:
Whatever the reasoning and social faculty finds unthinking
or unbrotherly, it can reasonably pronounce inferior to itself.
— Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Meditations
7:72: Aphroism 72 (circa 161-180)
translated by Maxwell Staniforth,
Penguin Books, Baltimore, MD, 1964, p. 118
Image Source: Marcus Aurelius (rationalwalk.com)
157) Text 72 of On Prayer: 153 Texts
of Evagrios the Solitary (345-399 AD)
A man who is tied up cannot run. Nor can the intellect that
is a slave to passion perceive the realm of spiritual prayer.
For it is dragged about by impassioned thoughts & cannot stay still.
The Philokalia (4th-15th century AD),
translated by F.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, & Kallistos Ware,
Faber & Faber, London, 1979, p. 64)
158) Text 72 of On Those who Think that They are Made Righteous by Works: 226 Texts
of Saint Mark the Ascetic (early 5th century AD)
Do not refuse to learn, even though you may be very intelligent.
For what God provides has more value than our own intelligence.
The Philokalia (4th-15th century AD),
translated by F.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, & Kallistos Ware,
Faber & Faber, London, 1979, p. 131)
159) Text 72 of On Watchfulness and Holiness
of Saint Hesychios the Priest (circa 7th century AD)
Many passions are hidden in the soul; they can
be checked only when their causes are revealed.
The Philokalia (4th-15th century AD),
translated by F.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, & Kallistos Ware,
Faber & Faber, London, 1979, p. 175)
160) Text 72 of On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination: 100 Texts
of Saint Diadochos of Photiki (400-486 AD)
The theologian whose soul is gladdened & kindled by oracles of God comes,
when the time is ripe, to the realm of dispassion; for it is written:
'The oracles of the Lord are pure, as silver when tried in fire, and
purged of earth' (Psalms 12:6. LXX). The Gnostic, for his part, rooted
in his direct experience of spiritual knowledge, is established above
the passions. The theologian, if he humbles himself, may also savor the
experience of spiritual knowledge, while the Gnostic, if he acquires
faultless discrimination, may by degrees attain the virtue of theological
contemplation. These two gifts, theology and gnosis, never occur in all
their fullness in the same person; but theologian & Gnostic each marvel
at what the other enjoys to a greater degree, so that humility and desire
for holiness increase in both of them. That is why the Apostle says:
'For to one is given by the Spirit the principle of wisdom; to another
the principle of spiritual knowledge by the same Spirit' (1 Cor. 12:8).
The Philokalia (4th-15th century AD),
translated by F.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, & Kallistos Ware,
Faber & Faber, London, 1979, p. 277) Full Text; Google Text
161) Text 72 of For the Encouragement of the Monks in India who had Written to Him: 100 Texts
of Saint John of Karpathos (circa 680 AD)
The humility which in due time and by God's grace, after many struggles
and tears, is given from heaven to those who seek it is something incomparably
stronger and higher than the sense of abasement felt by those who have lapsed
from holiness. This higher humility is granted only to those who have attained
true perfection and are no longer under the sway of sin.
— The Philokalia (4th-15th century AD),
translated by F.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, & Kallistos Ware,
Faber & Faber, London, 1979, p. 315)
162) On the Character of Men: 170 Texts
of Saint Anthony of Egypt (251-356 AD)
You should know that the body's sufferings belong to it by nature,
inasmuch as it is corruptible and material. The disciplined soul must,
therefore, gratefully show itself persevering and patient under such
sufferings, and must not blame God for having created the body.
The Philokalia (4th-15th century AD),
translated by F.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, & Kallistos Ware,
Faber & Faber, London, 1979, p. 340)
163) 72nd Verse of Chapter 2 of Lankavatara Sutra:
Mahamati the Bodhisatva-Mahasattva's Questions to the Buddha:
What are the measurements of the mountains, Sumeru, and the earth?
What are the measurements of the ocean, moon, and sun? Tell me.
72nd Verse of Chapter 3 in Lankavatara Sutra:
Wrongly imbued with the idea of cause and effect, all the
philosophers are beguiled, and their is thus no emancipation
for them who are of the dualistic school of being and non-being.
The Lankavatara Sutra (before 443 AD)
(translated from the Sanskrit by D. T. Suzuki, 1932, pp. 28-29, 160)
164) Names of Allah: 72nd name is Al-Mu'akh-khir: The Delayer,
The One who puts things in their right places.
He makes ahead what He wills & delays what He wills.
165) Chapter 72 of Mohammed's Holy Koran is titled "The Jinn"
[72.1] Say: It has been revealed to me that a party of the jinn listened,
          and they said: Surely we have heard a wonderful Quran,
[72.2] Guiding to the right way, so we believe in it,
          and we will not set up any one with our Lord:
[72.8] And that we sought to reach heaven, but we found it
          filled with strong guards and flaming stars
[72.18] And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one with Allah:
[72.20] Say: I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate any one with Him.
[72.26] The Knower of the unseen! so He does not reveal His secrets to any,
[72.27] Except to him whom He chooses as an apostle; for surely
            He makes a guard to march before him and after him,
[72.28] So that He may know that they have truly delivered the messages
            of their Lord, and He encompasses what is with them
            and He records the number of all things.
— Mohammed, Holy Koran Chapter 72 (7th century AD)
(translated by M. H. Shakir, Koran, 1983)
166) 72nd Verse of Chapter 7 in Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara:
In the case of every single fault, having done suitable austerity,
he should reflect, "What shall I do that I may not do this again?"
— Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara: Entering the Path of Enlightenment
VII.67 (Perfection of Strength: Virya-paramita) (circa 700 AD)
(translated by Marion L. Matics, Macmillan, London, 1970, p. 192)
167) 72nd Verse of Chapter 9 in Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara:
We two are indeed in agreement that the act and the effect
have different supports; but if then it is said that the self
has no function, discussion certainly is useless..
— Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara: Entering the Path of Enlightenment
IX.67 (Perfection of Wisdom: Prajña-paramita) (circa 700 AD)
(translated by Marion L. Matics, Macmillan, London, 1970, p. 218)
168) Record 72 of Rinzai, aka Linji Yixuan (died 866):
a. One day during the work period,the master was last
in the row. Obaku looked back and saw that the master
was empty handed. "Where is your hoe?"
"Someone has gone off with it," replied the master.
"Come here and we'll talk about it."
When the master came near, Obaku lifted his hoe high
& said: "Nobody in the world can take this away from me."
The master grabbed the hoe, held it up and said:
"How comes it is now in my hand?"
Obaku said: "Today there is one who works
with all his might,"and returned to the monastery.
b. Later, Issan asked Gyosan: "Why did Rinzai
snatch the hoe out of Obaku's hand?"
Gyosan said: "The robber was a wastrel,
but in wisdom he prevailed over the noble man."
— Rinzai (d. 866), The Zen Teaching of Rinzai
translated with notes by Irmgard Schloegl,
Shambhala, Berkeley, 1976, pp. 82-83
Image Source: Rinzai (greatthoughtstreasury.com)
Rinzai
169)
Koan 72 of Joshu aka Chao-Chou (778-897):
Someone asked, "Free like a white cloud— what is it like?"
Joshu said, "It does not compare with the spring breeze
that gently touches everything."
 — Chao-Chou (778-897),
Radical Zen: The Sayings of Joshu
translated with commentary by Yoel Hoffman,
Autumn Press, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1978, p. 37
Joshu
170) Case 72 of Hekiganroku: Ungan's "Do You Have Them or Not?"
Main Subject: Hyakujo asked Ungan. "With your mouth and lips
closed, how would you say it?" Ungan said, "Osho, do you have
them or not?" Hyakujo said, "My successors will be missing."
Setcho's Verse:
"Osho! Do you have them or not?"
The golden-haired lion
Does not crouch.

In twos and threes, they go the old way;,
The master of Mount Taiyu
Snaps his fingers in vain.

— Setcho (980-1052), Hekiganroku, 72 (Blue Cliff Records)
(translated by Katsuki Sekida, Two Zen Classics, 1977, pp. 335-336)
171)
— Ch'eng Hao (1032-1085), Selected Sayings, Section 72:
Principle and righteousness are substance and functioon, respectively.
(Wing-Tsit Chan, A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, 1963, p. 541)

Ch'eng Hao
172) — Ch'eng I (1033-1107), Selected Sayings, Section 72:
Destiny is what is endowed by Heaven and
nature is what things have received from Heaven.
(Wing-Tsit Chan, A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, 1963, p. 571)
173) Section 72 of Chu Hsi's Chin-ssu lu:
Study extensively, inquire accurately, think carefully,
sift clearly, and practice earnestly. Learning which
neglects one of these is not learning.
 — Chu Hsi (1130-1200),
Reflections on Things at Hand (Chin-ssu lu)
Chapter II: The Essentials of Learning
translated by Wing-Tsit Chan
Columbia University Press, NY, 1967, p. 69
174)
Koan 72 of Master Kido's Every End Exposed is "No Trace":
A monk asked Master Dogo, "This bodhisattva [or the
enlightened one] holds no occult powers. Why is it
impossible to trace his footprints?" Dogo said, "Only
those of the same way know him." The monk said, "Does
Your Reverend know him?" Dogo said, I do not know."
The monk said, "Why do you not know?" Dogo said,
"Begone! You do not understand my words."
Master Kido:
Only because I am similar.
Master Hakuin:
This is what Master Gensha said.
Plain Saying:
Like the good thing that conceals its value
deep within itself and looks worthless, like
a gentleman, who appears as a fool, it is quite
impossible to know the rock-bottom depth.
Kido Chigu
(1185-1269)
aka Xutang Zhiyu
NOTE: The enlightened one, not being taken in by any one
situation, never stops where the moment has flown on; it is thus
"impossible to trace his footprints." If Dogo said he "knew"
(enlightenment), he would have left a footprint. Kido suggests
that instead of chasing the monk away, Dogo explain that being
enlightened himself, he does not know the footprints of enlightenment.
The reference of Hakuin's substitute phrase to Master Gengha is not
clear. The plain saying suggests the difficulty of tracing the enlightened.
— Master Kido (1189-1269), Koan 72,
Every End Exposed (100 Koans
of Master Kido with the Answers of Hakuin-Zen)
Translated with Commentary by Yoel Hoffman,
Autumn Press, Brookline, MA, 1977, p. 95
Image Source: Kido (terebess.hu)
175)
Letter 72 (De anima: On the Soul) of Letters of Marsilio Ficino:
Marsilio Ficino to Rinaldo Orsini, Archbishop of Florence
The ancient sages say that Mars is bound by Venus, and Saturn by Jupiter.
This simply means that the benignity of Jupiter and Venus holds in check
the malignity of Saturn and Mars... People will perhaps laugh at a priest
who heeds astronomy. But I, relying on the authority of the Persians,
Egyptians, and Chaldeans, considered that while earthly matters were
indeed the concern of others, heavenly matters in truth were the sole
concern of the priest; so that while human affairs might be left to human
counsel, matters for supreme authority should be referred to the ruler of
heaven. but do you wish us now to set heavenly matters aside? Let us do so...
But may it be your will that what was written in the first place by the
Commissary with your authority, in my presence and on my behalf,
may remain written. This, reverend father, is what I ask so that there may
be time for philosophy. Nevertheless, may your will be done.
— Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), Letter to Rinaldo Orsini
Meditations on the Soul: Selected Letters of Marsilio Ficino,
Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT, 1996, pp. 157-158
Marsilio Ficino
(1433-1499)
176)
Section 72 of Wang Yang Ming's Instructions for Practical Living:
I said, "The love of sex, wealth, and fame is of course selfish desire.
But why are idle and sundry thoughts also regarded as selfish desires?"
The Teacher said,"In the final analysis they grow from such roots as the
love of sex, wealth, and fame. You will see if you get at the root. You
surely know in your own mind that you have no thought of stealing. Why?
Because at bottom you do not have such thought. If you eliminate all thoughts
of sex, wealth, fame, and so forth, just as you have no thought of becoming
a thief, there will be nothing but the original substance of the mind. What
idle thoughts can there be? This pure state is 'the state of absolute quiet
and inactivity', 'the equilibrium before the feelings are aroused', and
'broad and extremely impartial.' The natural effect will be that 'when
acted on, it immediately penetrates all things', 'when the feelings are
aroused, each and all attain due measure and degree', and 'it responds
spontaneously to all things as they come.'"
— Wang Yang Ming (1472-1529),
Instructions for Practical Living or Ch'uan-hsi lu (1518), I.72
translated by Wing-tsit Chan,
Columbia University Press, NY, 1963, p. 49
Wang Yang Ming
Harvard Fogg Museum
177) 72nd Section of Swedenborg's Worlds in Space (1758):
As regards the presence of spirits with inhabitants of the world
of Jupiter in detail, there are some spirits who chastise, some who
instruct and some who control them.
— Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), The Worlds in Space, 72
(translated from Latin by John Chadwick, Swedenborg Society, London, 1997, pp. 50-51)
178) Chapter 72 of Wei Wu Wei's Ask the Awakened (1963) is titled "Looking in the Right Direction":
Seeing everything as 'Mind itself' does not mean seeing objects as Mind.
That is still looking in the wrong direction, mistaken East for West.
'Seeing everything as Mind itself' means rather 'As Mind itself, seeing
everything': it is a displacement of the see-er from being a see-er of
pseudo-objects to being 'Mind itself'. The see-er was an object himself,
and so a pseudo-see-er. Let me put it in another way: seeing everything
as 'Mind itself' does not mean seeing everything, that is objects, in a
different manner. It means ceasing to see objects (everything) at all,
by ceasing to look, to be a tall, and re-becoming 'the Mind itself' which
is what, and all one really is, ever was, or ever could be.
    Seeing objects as Mind, or Mind as objects, is still the dualistic
performance of subject looking at object, and it matters not which way
round it may bedone. What is being required of us is the non-dual vision
implicit in self-recognition as 'Mind itself', which is just pure consciousness.
Therein see-er and seen are one and there is only a see-ing.
Judgements
All comparison is based on memory, and memory is an image based on engrams.
It follows that all judgement, evaluation, is an interpretation of images,
for even the present is already a memory by the time we have seized it.
    Therefore the unending process of finding things 'good' or
'not so good' is a work of imagination. Would it not be futile indeed to
suppose that such judgements, that is any and all judgements, could have
any absolute existence or value?
— Wei Wu Wei (1895-1986), Ask the Awakened (1963), pp. 171-172 (Archive)
179) Chapter 72-I of Wei Wu Wei's Open Secret (1965)
is titled "Dialogues between Ego and Alter-Ego: Pure Land ":
Is it possible to be rid of the concept of 'other' without at the same time
being rid of the concept of 'I', or to be rid of the concept of 'I' without at
the same time being rid of the concept of 'other'?
It is not possible.
With which should one begin?
With neither, An identified subject cannot rid itself of either concept.
That is news, bad news! I thought that was what is required of us?
As well be required to scoop up the moon by baling
its reflection out of a puddle!
What then?
Until an identified subject knows what he is,
he cannot be expected to realise what he is not
Cannot I say also that until he knows what he is not,
he cannot realise what he is?
You can. You should, You must.
Because it cannot either be seen or thought?
Not at all.
Why, then?
Not because it cannot be seen or thought, but because
there is no 'one' to look or to think!
It was mind that was looking for mind and not finding
itself as an object?
And not-finding was finding!
— Wei Wu Wei (1895-1986), Open Secret (1963), pp. 153-155
(Archive, "How Open Secret led me to Wei Wu Wei")
180)

        Paul Brunton
          (1898-1981)

Paul Brunton, Notebooks
Volume XVI, Paras #72
from various chapters
Volume 16:
Enlightened Mind,
Divine Mind
Larson Publications
Burdett, NY, 1988,
Part 1:
pp. 13, 41, 86-87, 160, 199;
Part 2: pp. 11, 47, 66
Part 3: p. 12, 23
Part 4: pp. 12, 31

• Poem: "What a Soap
Box Taught Me
About Sage & Sin"
before my first
meeting with PB
in Montreux
(8-30-1972)
• PB Conversation
"Can a Cow
Be Self-Realized?"
(10-26-78)
• Visit with PB
at his home,
Corseaux sur Vevey
in September 1979 		Para #72 from Volume 16, Part 1
of Paul Brunton's Enlightened Mind, Divine Mind—
Notebooks: "World-Mind in Individual Mind—
    This condition is commonly said to be nothing less than "union with God."
What is really attained is the higher self, the ray of the divine sun reflected in man,
the immortal soul in fact— God Himself being forever utterly beyond man's finite
capacity to comprehend. However the mystical experience is an authentic one and the
conflict between interpretations does not dissolve its authenticity. (1.72)
    It is a mistake to imagine the sage as a weakling. The Buddha delivered
his lectures in such a strong voice that it was likened to the roar of a lion; hence
he was called "Simha" (The Lion). Swami Vivekananda was equally powerful in his public
addresses as well as in private capacity. When hostile critics of his own race slandered
him behind his back, he likened himself to an elephant treading down worms in its path. (3.72)
    The prayers of such a man are not lightly uttered nor
egotistically born. Therefore they are always heard and generally answered. (4.72)
    The benefit of approaching a master as a disciple is that
he provides inspirational stimulus and aspirational uplift. He pours a current
of power into the disciple who then finds renewed strength to continue the Quest
in a general sense. In the special matter of practising meditation, he is able
to go into it deeper and to sustain it longer. (5.72)
Para #72 from Volume 16, Part 2 of Paul Brunton's Notebooks: "World-Idea"—
    The pattern of the whole universe is repeated in the pattern
of the solar system, and that again in the atom's structure. There is no place
and no being where the World-Idea does not reincarnate itself. (1.72)
    Abrupt changes in history and brusque changes in ideas came
in our time partly because they were karmically due, or even overdue, and partly
because of pressure from the World-Idea. All this means that the so-called good
and the so-called bad interplay again to find a temporary equilibrium. (3.72)
    Though it seems entirely our own faculty, this thought-making power
is derived from a hidden one, the Universal Mind, in which all other men's minds lie
embedded. What he does with this power is a man's own concern, for better or worse,
yielding him more knowledge or more ignorance. (4.72)
Para #72 from Volume 16, Part 3 of Paul Brunton's Notebooks: "World-Mind"—
    For us who are philosophically minded, the World-Mind truly exists.
For us it is God, and for us there is a relationship with it— the relationship of
devotion and aspiration, of communion and meditation. All the abstract talk about nonduality
may go on, but in the end the talkers must humble themselves before the infinite Being until
they are as nothing and until they are lost in the stillness— Its stillness. (1.72)
    At the very end of all their explorations of the atom,
what do the scientists find? Empty space, no thing-in-itself,
a gap out of which pour flashes of energy. (2.72)
Para #72 from Volume 16, Part 4 of Paul Brunton's Notebooks: "The Alone"—
    Because it is utterly independent of all other things
and entities, it is the Absolute. (1.72)
    Concepts, thoughts, and words would bring him down from
the plane of Being to that of thinking, which would not only be a descent
but also a falsification at worst, or a deformation at best. (2.72)
181) "Reprogramming Old Patterns" is Lesson 72
of Subramuniyaswami's Merging with Siva (1999):
    Here is another positive affirmation that might be helpful for you: "I am
the complete master of all my forces. My spiritual energies govern and control the force
fields wherever I am for the highest good. Through understanding, being pure, full of
spirited life, I am filled and thrilled with unlimited power, now and forever. I will be
what I will to be. I will do what I will to do." Affirm this affirmation each day this week
for seven days. Repeat it 3 times each morning, 3 times at noon and 3 times each evening.
    You have perhaps often heard friends repeat the same complaint over and over again.
They were not only making an affirmation, perhaps unknowingly, for their own subconscious
mind, but for yours as well. Therefore, it behooves us always to be with positive people,
spiritual, life-giving people, in order to be positive ourselves. It behooves us to listen to that
with which we want to live, & to be the changer rather than the changed. The affirmations which
violence sets up in the subconscious reactionary habit patterns in the minds of men cause them
to fight and kill by spinning emotional force fields out of control. Fear then holds them in
these brackets of mind as they react to what they have done. It takes great courage to go from one force field
of the mind to another, for this means tearing up long-accustomed patterns and facing a period of adjustment
while new subconscious patterns are created. It all has to do with changing the subconscious patterns.
This is a power. You can change the patterns of your mind yourself. Try it. It is not too difficult.
    Each day we make affirmations with our thoughts and our feelings— and the very words that we speak stabilize
these patterns. But as the inner light begins to dawn its life-giving rays, a new, positive power comes into our words,
our thoughts and the feelings that well up from the subconscious, making new manifest patterns in the force fields
of the conscious world for us to meet and speedily experience.
— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Merging with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Metaphysics
Himalayan Academy, Kapaa, Hawaii, 1999, pp. 150-151.
182) Koan 72 of Zen Master Seung Sahn—
Inside, Outside:
If you go out, God will come in.
So die— in God withdraw.
Not-being, you will be in God,,
not-doing, you will live God's law..
  1. Who makes inside and outside?
  2. Is God inside or outside your mind?
  3. What is "not-being"?
  4. What is "not-doing"?
Commentary:
Coming or going, God is never separate
from you. If you laugh, God is happy; if you cry, God is sad.
— Seung Sahn (1927-2004),
The Whole World Is A Single Flower
365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life, Tuttle, Boston, 1992, p. 56

72 in Poetry & Literature
183) Poem 72 of Su Tung-p'o (1036-1101)
is titled "Eastern Slope" (1081):
I planted rice before Spring Festival
and already I'm counting joys!
Rainy skies darken the spring pond;
by green-bladed paddies I chat with friends.
Transplanting takes till the first of summer,
delight growing with wind-blown stalks.
The moon looks down on dew-wet leaves
strung one by one with hanging pearls.
Fall comes and frosty ears grow heavy,
topple, and lean propped on each other.
From banks and dikes I hear only
a sound of locusts like wind and rain.
Rice, newly hulled, goes to the steamer,
grains of jade that light up the basket.
A long time I've eaten only government fare,
old rusty rice no better than mud.
Now to taste something new—
I've lready promised my mouth and belly.
— translated by Burton Watson,
Selected Poems of Su Tung-p'o,
Copper Canyon Press, 1994, pp. 90-91)
Su Tung-p'o
(1036-1101)
184) Verse 72 of Rubáiyát, of Omar Khayyam (1048-1122):
And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky,
Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die,
Lift not your hands to It for help— for It
As impotently moves as you or I.
 (translated by Edward Fitzgerald, London, 1st Ed. 1859, 2nd Ed. 1868)
185) Verse 72 of Rumi's Daylight
When a lamp has derived its light from a candle,
every one that sees the lamp certainly sees the candle.
Either behold the light of God
from the lamps of the saints,
or behold His light from the candle
of those who have gone before
— Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273),
Mathnawi, I. 1947, 1950, Rumi Daylight,
(Translated Camille & Kabir Helmminski, 1999, p. 52)
Rumi
(1207-1273)
186) Verse 72 of The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master:
is "Rewards for Clear Thinking"
Think about this for a second:
God (being God), having Infinite Knowledge,
Not only knew your every thought and action
Your life would ever experience
(Even before you were born)
But He also being the Divine Creator,
Has etched every moment of your existence
With His own hand
With the precision and care
No artist ever could.
Think about this for a moment:
I have never heard a bird or the sun
Ever say to God,
I am sorry.
There seems to be a great reward
For clear thinking:
All existence is a pawn in the Friend's hands.
Look, one gets wings and gifts to the world
Music each morning;
One turns into such an extraordinary light
He actually becomes a sustainer of a whole planet,
One makes a thousand moons go mad with love
And blush all night
When one can surrender the illusion, the crutch, of
Free will.
Though still live— for the benefit of others—
The highest of moral
Codes.


Hafiz
(1320-1389)
— Hafiz (1320-1389)
The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master, Verse 72
translated by Daniel Ladinsky, Penguin Press, NY, 1999, p. 113-114
187) Line 72 from the Pearl Poet's Pearl: "Was woven with such wonderment!"
Towarde a foreste I bere be face,
Where rych rokke3 wer to dyscreuen.
Þe ly3t of hem my3t no mon leuen,
Þe glemande glory bat of hem glent;
For wern never webbes that wyyes weven
Of half so dere adubbement 		Above the trees I turned to spy,
Rich rocks were ranged along that hill.
Those stunning, stately stones would fill
A lea with light most ambient!
No man-made finery or frill
Was woven with such wonderment!
Pearl (c. 1370-1400) Lines 67-72
(Ed. Malcolm Andrew & Ronald Waldron, 1987, p. 47)
(Another Pearl translation: by Bill Stanton, another by Vernon Eller)
188) Line 72 from the Pearl Poet's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
And he that won was not angered, as well you will know.
All this mirth they made until meat was served;
When they had washed them worthily, they went to their seats,
The best seated above, as best it beseemed,
Guenevere the googly queen gay in the midst
On a dais well-decked and duly arrayed
 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1375-1400) Lines 70-75
Translated by Marie Borroff, Norton, NY, 2010, p. 5 (Part I)
1999 Translationn by Paul Deane
189) Poem 72 of Kabir's 100 Poems of Kabir:
The jewel is lost in the mud, and all are seeking for it;
Some look for it in the east, and some in the west;
    some in the water and some amongst stones.
But the servant Kabir has appraised it at its true value,
    and has wrapped it with care in the end
    of the mantle of his heart.

— Kabir (1398-1518),
100 Poems of Kabir, Poem LXXII
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore,
assisted by Evelyn Underhill,
Macmillan & Co., London, 1915, p. 75
India #237 Kabir
(issued Oct. 1, 1952)
190)
Astrophel and Stella
72nd Sonnet (1580) of Sir Philip Sidney:
Desire, though thou my old companion art,
And oft so clings to my pure Love that I
One from the other scarcely can descry,
While each doth blow the fire of my heart,
Now from thy fellowship I needs must part;
Venus is taught with Diana's wings to fly;
I must no more in thy sweet passions lie;
Virtue's gold now must head my Cupid's dart.
Service and honor, wonder with delight,
Fear to offend, will worthy to appear,
Care shining in mine eyes, faith in my sprite:
These things are let me by my only dear;
But thou, Desire, because thou wouldst have all,
Now banished art. But yet alas how shall?.
— Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586),
     Sonnets LXXII
Sir Philip Sidney
(1554-1586)
191)
O! lest the world should task you to recite
What merit lived in me, that you should love
After my death, —dear love, forget me quite,
For you in me can nothing worthy prove.
Unless you would devise some virtuous lie,
To do more for me than mine own desert,
And hang more praise upon deceased I
Than niggard truth would willingly impart:
O! lest your true love may seem false in this
That you for love speak well of me untrue,
My name be buried where my body is,
And live no more to shame nor me nor you.
    For I am shamed by that which I bring forth
    And so should you, to love things nothing worth.
— William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
     Sonnets LXXII, Commentary
Hungary CB3: William Shakespeare
1 forint airmail (issued 10-16-1948)
192) 72nd Haiku of Basho's Haiku (1678):
a cat's wife
visited so frequently
the oven crumbles
— Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), Basho: The Complete Haiku, Haiku 72
(translated by Jane Reichhold, Kodansha International, Tokyo, 2008, p. 40)
193)
"Who sought the thing he loved. For nature then"
in Line 72 of Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey":
I came among these hills; when like a roe
I bounded o'er the mountains, by the sides
Who sought the thing he loved. For nature then Of the deep rivers, and the lonely streams,
Wherever nature led: more like a man
Flying from something that he dreads, than one
Who sought the thing he loved. For nature then
(The coarser pleasures of my boyish days
, And their glad animal movements all gone by)
To me was all in all.— I cannot paint
 — William Wordsworth (1770-1850),
"Tintern Abbey" (1798), Lines 67-75
William Wordsworth
by Benjamin R. Haydon
194) "The Albatross did follow"
in Line 72 of Coleridge's
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":
The ice did split with a thunder-fit;
The helmsman steered us through!
And a good south wind sprung up behind;
The Albatross did follow
, And every day, for food or play,
Came to the mariner's hollo!
In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud,
It perched for vespers nine;
Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white,
Glimmered the white Moon-shine.'
 — Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834),
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (1798), Lines 69-78
The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
Penguin Books, London, 1997, p. 150
195) Chapter 72 of Melville's Moby-Dick (1851):
In the tumultuous business of cutting-in and attending to a whale,
there is much running backwards and forwards among the crew. Now hands
are wanted here, and then again hands are wanted there. There is no staying
in any one place; for at one and the same time everything has to be done
everywhere. It is much the same with him who endeavors the description of
the scene. We must now retrace our way a little. It was mentioned that upon
first breaking ground in the whale's back, the blubber-hook was inserted into
the original hole there cut by the spades of the mates... Are you not the
precious image of each and all of us men in this whaling world? That unsounded
ocean you gasp in, is Life; those sharks, your foes; those spades, your friends;
and what between sharks and spades you are in a sad pickle and peril, poor lad.
— Herman Melville (1819-1891), Moby-Dick, Chapter 72: The Monkey-Rope
196) 72nd Poem of Emily Dickinson (1859):
Glowing is her Bonnet,
Glowing is her Cheek,
Glowing is her Kirtle,
Yet she cannot speak.

Better as the Daisy
From the Summer hill
Vanish unrecorded
Save by tearful rill—

Save by loving sunrise
Looking for her face.
Save by feet unnumbered
Pausing at the place.

— Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
(edited by Thomas H. Johnson, 1955), pp. 37-38
197) 72nd New Poem of Emily Dickinson:
No heart that broke but further went
than Immortality
— Emily Dickinson (Letter 364 to Susan Dickinson)
New Poems of Emily Dickinson
(edited by William H. Shurr, University of North Carolin Press, 1993, p. 25)
198)
"The German airs of friendship, wine and love,"
in Line 72 of Walt Whitman's
"Proud Music of the Storm" (1891):
The psalm in the country church or mid the clustering trees,
    the open air camp-meeting,
The fiddler in the tavern, the glee, the long-strung sailor-song,
The lowing cattle, bleating sheep, the crowing cock at dawn.
All songs of current lands come sounding round me,
The German airs of friendship, wine and love,
— Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
"Proud Music of the Storm" Lines 68-72
From Leaves of Grass ("Death-Bed" Edition),
Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1993, p. 338)
Czechoslovakia 726
Walt Whitman
(10-27-1955)
199)
72nd Verse in Tagore's Gitanjali:
He it is, the innermost one, who awakens my being with his deep hidden touches.
He it is who puts his enchantment upon these eyes and joyfully plays on
    the chords of my heart in varied cadence of pleasure and pain.
He it is who weaves the web of this maya in evanescent hues
    of gold and silver, blue and green, and lets peep out
    through the folds his feet, at whose touch I forget myself.
Days come and ages pass, and it is ever he who moves my heart in many a name,
    in many a guise, in many a rapture of joy and of sorrow.
 — Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Gitanjali: Song Offerings (1912), Verse 72
Rabindranath Tagore
(1861-1941)
200)
72nd Page of A.E.'s Song and Its Fountains (1932)
No sooner does there come illumination than it is gone. I cannot stay it for
an instant. Time inexorably hurries us from the god who dies away in hazes
of memory, hurries us from exultation, exquisite ardors, emotions & anguish,
and from the dead with whom we had willingly died so that we might go
hand in hand with them into the darkness... As I get older, my poetry seems
to be less revelation out of the psyche than the summing up of whatever
wisdom the outer mind had gathered. But almost the last poem which
seemed to me to come out of the genie in the innermost with the old
authenticity made promise that no precious thing would be lost, and
when we went inward to our own immortal we would regain all that
Time had taken away.
— A.E. aka George William Russell (1867-1935)
Larson Publications, Burdett, New York, 1991, Ch. 8, p. 72
Photo Source: A.E. (wikipedia.org)
George W. Russell
(1867-1935)
201)
72nd Page lines in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, (15 samples):
Scuttle to Cover, Scdary Grab, Andy Mac Noon in Annie's Room, (72.1)
Awl Out, Twitchbratschballs, Bombard Street Bester, Sublime (72.2)
Porter, A Ban for Le King of the Burgaans and a Bom for Ye Sur (72.3)
of all the Ruttledges, O' Phelim's Cutprice, And at Number Wan (72.4)
Wan Wan, What He Done to Castlecostello, Sleeps with Feathers (72.5)
end Ropes, It is Known who Sold Horace the Rattler, Enclosed (72.6)
find the Sons of Fingcd, Swayed in his Falling, Wants a Wife and (72.7)
Forty of Them, Let Him Do the Fair, Apeegeequanee Chimmuck, (72.8)
though it was as easy as kissanywhere for the passive resistant in (72.19)
the booth he was in to reach for the hello gripes and ring up Kim- (72.20)
mage Outer 17.67, because, as the fundamentalist explained, when (72.21)
at last shocked into speech, touchin his woundid feelins in the (72.22)
fuchsiar the dominican mission for the sowsealist potty was on at (72.23)
the time and he thought the rowmish devowtion known as the (72.24)
might have done had he really polished off his terrible intentions (72.31)
— James Joyce (1882-1941), Finnegans Wake, (1939), p. 72
James Joyce
(1882-1941)
202) Sonnet 72 in Edna St. Vincent Millay's Collected Sonnets (1941)
No lack of counsel from the shrewd and wise
How love may be acquired and how conserved
Warrants this laying bare before your eyes
My needle to your north abruptly swerved;
If I would hold you, I must hide my fears
Lest you be wanton, lead you to believe
My compass to another quarter veers,
Little surrender, lavishly receive.
But being like my mother the brown earth
Fervent and full of gifts and free from guile,
Liefer would I you loved me for my worth,
Though you should love me but a little while,
Than for a philtre any doll can brew,—
Though thus I bound you as I long to do.

— Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), Sonnet 72
Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
HarperPerennial, NY, 2011, p. 632
Edna St. Vincent Millay
(1892-1950)
203) Poem 72 is "The Sixth"
in Anna Akhmatova's Selected Poems (2006)
There are three epochs in the memory,
And only yesterday, it seems, the first
Occurred. The soul is underneath their blessed
Vault, and the body is basking in their shadow.
Laughter has not died down, and tears are streaming,
A stain of ink is unwiped on the table,
And a kiss is like a seal upon the heart,
Matchless, unforgettable, goodbye...
But this one doesn't last long... Already
The firmament is not overhead, and somewhere
In a dull suburb is an empty house,
Cold in winter and in summer hot,
Where spiders live and dust lies everywhere,
Letters that were like flames have burnt to ash,
Portraits have been changing stealthily,
And people come to it as to a grave,
And, returning home, they wash their hands
And brush a quick tear from tired lids, heavily
Sighing. But the clock ticks, one spring
Becomes another, the sky turns pink,
Cities change their names, witnesses die,
There is no-one to cry with, no-one to remember
With. And the shades slowly pass from us,
Those shades whom we no longer call upon
And whose return would be terrible to us.
And, once awake, we find we have forgotten
Even the road that led to the lonely house,
And, choked with shame and anger, we run to it,
But everything (as in a dream) is different:
People, things, walls, and no-one knows us— we're
Strangers. We got to the wrong place... oh God!
And now we face the bitterest of all moments:
We realize that we could not contain
This past within the frontiers of our life,
And it has become almost as foreign to us
As to our neighbour in the next apartment.
And that we would not recognize
Those who have died; and those whom God parted
From us, got on splendidly without us—
Even better...
— Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966),
Poem 72 (1953), Selected Poems
translated by D.M. Thomas,
Penguin Classics, NY, 2006, pp. 78-79


Anna Akhmatova
(1889-1966)
204) e. e. cummings published 95 Poems in 1958 (Norton).
This was the last book of new poems published in Cummings's lifetime.
Poem 72

i shall imagine life
is not worth dying,if
(and when)roses complain
their beauties are in vain

but though mankind persuades
itself that every weed's
a rose,roses(you feel
certain)will only smile

 		95 Poems
 e. e. cummings (1894-1962),
95 Poems (1958), "Poem 71"
From E.E. Cummings,
Complete Poems 1904-1962
Edited by George J. Firmage,
Liveright, New York,1991, p. 744
205) Four months after e. e. cummings' death in September 1962,
his widow Marion Morehouse collected the typescripts of
29 new poems, along with uncollected poems to make up
73 Poems published in 1963. (Liverwright).
Poem 72
wild(at our first)beasts uttered human words
—our second coming made stones sing like birds—
but o the starhushed silence which our third's
e. e. cummings (1894-1962),
73 Poems (1963), "Poem 72", p. 89
Also from E.E. Cummings,
Complete Poems 1904-1962
Edited by George J. Firmage,
Liveright, New York, 1991, p. 844



206) Sonnet 72 in Pablo Neruda's 100 Love Sonnets (1960)
My love, winter returns to its billet,
the earth fixes its yellow gifts,
and we caress a distant land,
stroking the hair of the globe—

To leave! now! go: wheels, ships, bells,
airplanes whetted by infinite daylight,
toward the archipelago's nuptial odor,
longitudinal grains of joy!

Let's go— get up— pin back your hair— take off
and land, run and sing with the air and me:
let's take a train to Arabia, or Tocopilla,

only sailing like a distant pollen:
to piercing lands of rags and gardenias,
ruled by indigent monarchs with no shoes.
Pablo Neruda
(1904-1973)
Nobel Prize 1971
Love Sonnet LXXII, 100 Love Sonnets: Cien Sonetos de Amor
Editorial Losada, Buenos Aires, 1960 (trans. Stephen Tapscott, 1986, p. 153)
207)
Poem 72 of The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch:
is "A Poem of the Forty-Eight States"—
O Kentucky! my parents were driving
Near blue grass when you became
For me the real contents of a glass
Of water also the first nozzle of a horse...
Do not forget the birds you have bought
    in the jolly land of France
They are red white orange yellow green
    and pink and they sing so sweetly...
O sea, you are more beautiful than any state!
You are fuller and bluer and more perfect
    than the most perfect action.
What is a perfect action?...
I like the way the rosy sunlight streams
    down upon the silver tracks,
I like the way the travellers awake from
    their dreams and step upon the hard
    paving stone of the station.
— Kenneth Koch, (1925-2002)
The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2006, pp. 183-187
(Note: Koch was my Freshman English
Professor at Columbia, 1959-60;
He taught children to write poetry
in NYC; My teaching at CPITS)
Kenneth Koch
(1925-2002)
208) Poem 72 in Tomas Tranströmer's Selected Poems 1954-1986 (1987)
(There are 118 poems in this edition; Poem 72 is "The Bookcase")
The Bookcase

It was brought from the dead woman's apartment. It stood
empty a few days, empty until I filled it with books, all the
bound ones, those bulky tomes. With that act I had let in
the underworld. Something swelled up from below, mounted
slowly, inexorably, like mercury in a gigantic thermometer.
You must not turn your head away...

All the old historians are there, and are invited to climb up
and look into our family. Nothing can be heard,
but the lips move all the time behind the glass
("Passchendaele" ...). One is reminded of a venerable
government office— now follows a true ghost story— a grand
building where portraits of long-dead men hang behind
glass, and one morning there appeared a blur on the inside
of the glass. They had begun breathing during the night.

The bookcase is even more powerful. Glares straight across
the zone boundary! A shimmering membrane, the shimmering
membrane of a dark river in which the room is forced to
mirror itself. And you must not turn your head away.

Tomas Tranströmer, Selected Poems 1954-1986
Edited by Robert Hass, translated by May Swenson
The Ecco Press, New York, p. 104


Tomas Tranströmer
(1931-2015)
Nobel Prize 2011
209) There are 207 poems in Robert Creeley's Selected Poems, 1945-2005 (2008)
Poem #72 is "Some Place"—

I resolved it, I
found in my life a
center and secured it.

It is the house,
trees beyond, a term
of view encasing it.

The weather
reaches only as some
wind, a little

deadened sighing. And
if the life weren't?
when was something to

happen, had I secured
that— had I, had
I, insistent.

There is nothing I am
nothing not. A place
between I am. I am

more than thought, less
than thought. A house
with winds, but a distance

—something loose in the wind,
feeling weather as that life,
walks toward the lights he left.
Robert Creeley
— Robert Creeley (1926-2005), Selected Poems, 1945-2005
    University of California Press, Berkeley, 2008, pp. 101-102
210) There are 284 poems in Robert Bly's Stealing Sugar from the Castle (2013)
Poem #72 is
"A Man and a Woman and a Blackbird"—
                        A man and a woman
                              are one.
                              A man and a woman and a blackbird
                              are one.
                                                      — Wallace Stevens

When the two rivers
Join in the cloudy chamber,
So many alien nights
In our twenties, alone
On interior mountains,
Forgotten. Blackbirds
Walk around our feet
As if they shared
In what we know.
We know and we don't know
What the heron feels
With his wing-
Tip feathers stretched
Out in the air above
The flooded lake,
Or the delicious constellations
The pig sees
Past his wild snout.
A man and a woman
Sit near each other. On
The windowplace
Ice.
The man says: "How
Is it
 I have never loved
Ice before?
If I have not loved ice,
What have I loved?
Loved the dead
In their Sumerian
Fish-cloaks?
The vultures celebrating?
The soldiers
And the poor?"
And yet
For one or two
Moments,
In our shared grief
And exile,
We hang our harps
On the willows,
And the willows
Join us,
And the man
And the woman
And the blackbird are one.
— Robert Bly
( born 12-23-1926)
Stealing Sugar from the Castle:
Selected & New Poems 1950-2013
W.W. Norton & Co., N.Y., pp. 109-110
(2008 Stanford Workshops, Reading)
211) There are 229 poems in Kay Ryan's
The Best of It (2010), 72nd poem—
CIRQUE
Even the clean
blue-green water
of the cirque,
with nothing
in between
the snow and it
but slant,
can't speed
the work,
must wait
upon whatever
makes it white
to dissipate.
It seems
so hard to think
that even lakes
so pure
should start opaque,
that something
always
has to recombine
or sink.

Kay Ryan,
US Poet Laureate
2008-2010
— Kay Ryan (born 9-21-1945),
    The Best of It (New & Selected Poems),
    Grove Press, NY, 2010, p. 88
    from Elephant Rocks (1996)
    (2010 Stanford Workshops)
212)
In James Richardson's By the Numbers (2010)
the poem "Vectors 3.0: Even More Aphroisms
and Ten-Second Essays" has 170 aphroisms.

Aphroism 72
That half-second between stubbing your toe and
convulsing with pain? Some live there forever.

— James Richardson (born 1-1-1950),
    By the Numbers, Copper Canyon Press,
    Port Townsend, WA, 2010, p. 39

James Richardson
213)
There are 173 poems in Jane Hirshfield's
Women in Praise of the Sacred (1994)
(43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women)
72nd poem is by Hadewijch II (13th century),
"All things" (translated by Sheila Hughes)
All things
are too small
to hold me,
I a so vast.

In the Infinite
I reach
for the Uncreated

I have
touched it,
it undoes me
wider than wide

Everything else
is too narrow

You know this well,
you who are also there
Jane Hirshfield
— Jane Hirshfield (born 2-24-1953),
    Editor of Women in Praise of the Sacred
    (43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women)
    HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1994, p. 106

72 in Numerology
214) Numerology: words whose letters add up to 72

AUTUMN LIGHTNING :
(1 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 5) + (3 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 5 + 7) = 17 + 55 = 72

GOLDEN MULBERRY :
(7 + 6 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 5) + (4 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 9 + 7) = 30 + 42 = 72

JANUARY MARRIAGE:
(1 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 9 + 7) + (4 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 1 + 7 + 5) = 27 + 45 = 72

MOTHER SPARROW:
(4 + 6 + 2 + 8 + 5 + 9) + (1 + 7 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 6 + 5) = 34 + 38 = 72

MOUNTAIN FOUNTAIN:
(4 + 6 + 3 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 5) + (6 + 6 + 3 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 5) = 35 + 37 = 72

PERSIMMON TREE:
(7 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 9 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 5) + (2 + 9 + 5 + 5) = 51 + 21 = 72

PINEAPPLE KING :
(7 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 1 + 7 + 7 + 3 + 5) + (2 + 9 + 5 + 7) = 49 + 23 = 72

ROD TRINITY:
(9 + 6 + 4) + (2 + 9 + 9 + 5 + 9 + 2 + 7) = 19 + 53 = 72

SPHINX JOURNEY:
(1 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 5 + 6) + (1 + 6 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 7) = 36 + 36 = 72

SPINNING WORD:
(1 + 7 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 9 + 5 + 7) + (5 + 6 + 9 + 4) = 48 + 24 = 72

THUNDERBOLT SPEAR:
(2 + 8 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 9 + 2 + 6 + 3 + 2) + (1 + 7 + 5 + 1 + 9) = 49 + 23 = 72

UNIVERSE GARDEN:
(3 + 5 + 9 + 4 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 5) + (7 + 1 + 9 + 4 + 5 + 5) + = 41 + 31 = 72

EIGHT FOURTEEN (814):
(5 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 2) + (6 + 6 + 3 + 9 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 5) = 31 + 41 = 72

EIGHTEEN TWENTY (1820):
(5 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 5) + (2 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 7) = 46 + 26 = 72

THIRTEEN THIRTY (1330):
(2 + 8 + 9 + 9 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 5) + (2 + 8 + 9 + 9 + 2 + 7) = 35 + 37 = 72


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