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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Washington’s Farewell Address – George Washington
There are contradictory reports of when George Washington’s Farewell Address was first published. I will stick with the date being September 15, 1796 until I can confirm otherwise. This is the date I have read previously. The second date I … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Farewell Address, George Washington, Harvard Classics, History, Unity
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Flavorful
Two flavors of beauty that are so wonderful With my toes dipped into two kinds of flavorful The painting on the wall calls to me of spring While outside is a winter that makes me sing All of those wished … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Believe, Conceive, Daily Prompt, Flavorful, Life, Magic, Photograph, Seasons, Spring, Winter, Wordpress
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First Principles: Immigration Includes A Reasonable Expectation of Assimilation
“The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the Language, habits and principles (good or bad) which they … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: No Matter Where We Begin Our Destination Is Up To Us
“The path to paradise begins in hell.” – Dante Alighieri How is that for a bright and cheerful message? Reality? It is. Why? Because you see hell is separation from God. From there it is our choices. We can either … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegory, Dante, Hell, Paradise, The Divine Comedy, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Divine Comedy – Dante
The Divine Comedy was begun by The Supreme Poet, Dante Alighieri in 1308 and completed in 1320. It is one of the greatest works in world literature and considered the preeminent piece of Italian literature. Written in the Tuscan language and divided … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegory, Aquinas, Christian, Dante, Epic, Harvard Classics, Italain, Poem, Poetry, Summa Theologica, The Divine Comedy
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Thorny
Thorny – thorn – thorns: Tangled Up In Thorns Time is a river Not a forgiver Tangled up in thorns Tattooed in bugles and horns Played so loudly Lived so proudly Wrapped up so thorny Until I came to scorn … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Daily Prompt, Grateful, Humble, Survive, Thorns, Thorny, Thrive, Time, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Experts On the Public Good Are Often Wrong and Sometimes Dangerous
“The greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the efficient expert administrators exclusively concerned with what they regard as the public good.” —Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) … Continue reading
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Tagged Administrators, Bureaucrats, Danger, Experience, Friedrich Hayek, Liberty, Modern Government, Public Good, Risk, Understanding
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First Principles: Wastefulness and Corruption Sow the Seeds of Our Destruction
“Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction.” — John Witherspoon (1776) Witherspoon was the only clergy man to sign the Declaration of Independence and ratify the Constitution. As … Continue reading
Holding On To Thee
Based on the Wednesday evening devotional service’s sermon based on Hebrews 4:2: http://www.biblestudytools.com/hebrews/4-2.html 2 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Devotional, Faith, Hebrews 4:2, House of Prayer, Poem, Poetry, Sermon, Study
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 