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Monthly Archives: February 2018
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Astral
Children of the Earth are destined to rise and ascend As we are but astral projections with no need to defend Children of rare stardust, we are called for higher things For such are the dreams of which the cosmos … Continue reading
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Tagged Astral, Children of Earth, Children of Stars, Cosmos, Daily Prompt, Destiny, Dreams, Exploration, Journey, Wordpress
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First Principles: Encroachments On Liberty Often Have Small Beginnings
“The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3 pence on tea, the magnitude of the evil comprised in the precedent. Let them exert the same wisdom, … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Democratic Government Teaches The Best Course By Experience
“The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Government, Error, Experience, The People, Theory, Thought For the Day, WEB Du Bois, Will
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Sonic Gems: War – Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Formed in 1969, originally as Eric Burdon and War, War is an American funk cross-over band from Long Beach, California. This band fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues and reggae. Their best known hit songs are Spill … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Burdon, Funk, Grammy Awards, Low Rider, Sonic Gems, Summer, War, Why Can't We Be Friends?
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Stevenson – Samuel Pepys
In 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson published a memorable essay on the life of Samuel Pepys. Pepys was an administrator of England’s navy and Parliamentarian who was also famous for keeping a remarkable diary for a decade while relatively young. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Diary, Essay, Harvard Classics, Robert Louis Stevenson, Royal Navy, Samuel Pepys
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City of Noise
City of Noise by Michael Romani For our ears there is no escape Not from the bustling sounds Of our shared landscape The omnipresent din that surrounds This may seem benign and endearing But is noise pollution that we are … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Antagonism, Autonomy, City of Noise, Gentrified, Landscape, Moralism, Noise Pollution, Personal, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Silence, Sound, Soundscape, Urban Blight
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WordPress -#Daily Prompt – Conversant
To be more conversant in the art of communication Is surely for the best of every nation No matter which way we might tend to lean It is always better to understand what others mean It’s our fears that leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Communication, Conversant, Daily Prompt, Differences, Familarity, Inclination, Meaning, Nation, Relating, Similar, Understand, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Blind Obedience Leads to Despotism
“The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism.” – Angelina Grimke (1805-1879) A little about her life may be found here: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/angelina-grimke-weld
First Principles: The Right To Freedom Is God Given and Cannot Be Given Up
“If men … give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the … Continue reading
Sonic Gems: Edgard Varese – Complete Works
Born on December 22, 1883, French Composer Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese spent the majority of career in the United States. Varese passed away on November 6, 1965. During his musical career, he ‘organized sound’ with an emphasis on timbre … Continue reading
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