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Monthly Archives: July 2017
First Principles: Selection of Candidates Should Be Based On Character
“In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate — look to his character….” – Noah Webster, in Letters To A Young Gentleman Commencing His Education (1789) This work can be … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Discerning Truth Requires Experience
“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.” – John Stuart Mill Without experience it is difficult to discern full truth. If you sit a moment and think on … Continue reading
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Tagged Discernment, Experience, John S Mill, Meaning, Personal, Thought For the Day, Truths
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The Big Tall Wish
In the continuing project for my beautiful and beloved eldest daughter, Twilight Zone Season 1; Episode 27 reconceived as a poem and on wish that she might always believe in the magic of love in a young girl’s heart: The Big … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Boxing, Ideal, Magic, Poetry, Promise, Twilight Zone, Wish
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Voyage of the Beagle – Darwin
As discussed earlier, this work by Charles Darwin was a journal of his keen observations of various localities around the world. His notes during this voyage show his changing view on mutability of species. In it we can read the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chile, Darwin, Evolution, Harvard Classics, Study, The Voyage of the Beagle
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WordPress #Daily Prompt – Fragrance
Fiddling In A Round of Roses
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Fragrance, Roses, Round, Violins, Wordpress
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First Principles: Congress Should Be Limited To Its Enumerated Powers
“If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions.” —James Madison … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Enumerated, Federalist Papers, First Principles, General Welfare, James Madison, Limited, Taxes
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Thought For the Day: Being Your Own Person Is Hard But Worth It
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too … Continue reading
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Tagged Individual, Price, Privilege, Rudyard Kipling, Self, Thought For the Day, Tribe
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Time Spent On the Harvard Classics: Of Friendship – Francis Bacon
Amidst a collection of essays by Sir Francis Bacon is Of Friendship. It is found in his work called Essays, Civil and Moral. An interesting occultic story about Bacon is that he never died. Instead, having reached the status of … Continue reading
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Tagged Essay, Francis Bacon, Fruits, Gifts, Harvard Classics, Of Friendship, Tutorials
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 