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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Thought For the Day: Those Who Vote Control The Destiny of The Nation
“It’s not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It’s the hand that casts the ballot.” – Harry S. Truman
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Tagged America, Ballot, Destiny, Election, Executive, Harry S Truman, Legislature, Office Holder, Thought For the Day, Voter
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First Principles: The Right To Vote Is A Solemn Duty To God and Country
“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountable, Citizen, Citizenship, Country, First Principles, God, Samuel Adams, Solemn Trust, Vote
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Dante – The Divine Comedy, Canto XXX
In Canto XXX of The Divine Comedy, Dante and Virgil have survived the depths of hell and ascend to the Mountain of Purgatory which is on a displaced rock that resulted from Satan’s fall creating Hell. The mountain’s seven terraces correspond … Continue reading
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Tagged Dante, Harvard Classics, Purgatory, Sins, Terraces, The Divine Comedy
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Inscrutable
There inside the old grove of surrealistic trees Is an inscrutable mystery flowing like the breeze In a quiet whispered voice that touches us all Is the inner most memory we all wish to recall Back into the faded black … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Family, Grove, Inscrutable, Memory, Mystery, Surrealism, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Children Should Be Raised Strong Enough To Withstand Tryanny
“Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.” – Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
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Tagged Discipline, Encourage, Fortitude, Nurure, Overcome, Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, Strength, Thought For the Day, Tyranny
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First Principles: Diffusion of Knowledge and Virtue Secures Our Liberty
“If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security.” – Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1779
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Tagged Diffusion, First Principles, Freedom, James Warren, Knowledge, Samuel Adams, Security, The People, Virtue
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In A Field of Waco Lilies
In A Field of Waco Lilies by Michael Romani In this world filled with wonders There are time of profound blunders Like putting faith in hucksters of lost souls Who sell joy through lies that make minds blow And a … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypse, Blackbooted Thugs, Blunders, Faith, Gunfight, Huckster, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Seven Seals, Wonders
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Sonic Gems: Duke Ellington – The Far East Suite
On April 29, 1899, American composer, pianist and jazz band leader Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was born and had a tremendous career in music for over 50 years when he passed on May 24, 1974. Proving that at least one … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Strayhorn, Composer, Cotton Club, Duke Ellington, Instrumental, Jazz, Orchestra, Sonic Gems, Standards, The Far East Suite
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics : Herodotus – An Account of Egypt
Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of ‘The Father of History, Herodotus. This gentleman and scholar lived in the fifth century BC and as such was a contemporary of Socrates and Euripides. He was the first … Continue reading
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Tagged An Account of Egypt, Euterpe, Father of HIstory, Greece, Harvard Classics, Herodotus, History
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Silhouette
Bourbon street jazz band silhouette With the finest sounds you’ll never regret Blown out in syncopation Yearned for in the greatest anticipation Yearned for like an aural comfort food That nourishes my soul while sounding so good It’s a lyrical … Continue reading
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Tagged Cakewalk, Comfort, Daily Prompt, Silhouette, Snaps, Syncopation, Taps, Wordpress
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