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Things We’ve Said
Woke up this morning, kicking myself hard. Nuff said about that other than… Things We’ve Said by Michael Romani Teared face looks in the mirror Trapped disgrace lived out in error Struggling past feeble lines of poetry That still vivid … Continue reading
First Principles: Nothing Impels Regard of Constituents As the Certainty of Participating In Their Burdens
“Nothing so strongly impels a man to regard the interests of his constituents, as the certainty of returning to the general mass of the people, from whence he was taken, where he must participate in their burdens.” – George Mason … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Where the Light Is Brightest, the Shadows Are Deepest
“Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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First Principles: The American Revolution Bonded Principles of Civil Government With Principles of Christianity
“The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.” – John Adams
Thought For the Day: Music Can Make Us Feel Invulnerable and Related to All of Time
“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.” – Henry David Thoreau
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What Is the Enough?
Of some things, we can never have enough. What Is the Enough? by Michael Romani Of nature, art and poetry All of these things dear to me There is never enough to be enough Nothing in the world can ever … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Beauty, Behind, Being, Best Mark, Bluff, Canopy, Circumstance, Comfort, Enough, Find, Flower, God, Grown, Heavens, Hour, Human Being, Lonely, Meaning, Nature, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remedy, See, Shown, Sin, Solace, Tear, Time, Unhappy, Weep, Wilderness
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Thought For the Day: Rest, Nature, Books, Music and Love For One’s Neighbor Bring Happiness
“A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Country, Do Good, Family Happiness, Happiness, Hope, Leo Tolstoy, Life, Love, Music, Nature, Neighbor, Quiet, Rest, Thought For the Day, Usefulness, Work
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