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First Principles: I Have Sworn On the Alter of God Eternal Hostility Against Every Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man
“I have sworn upon the alter of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson, in Letter To Benjamin Rush (September 23, 1800)
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Thought For the Day: It Is A Capital Mistake To Theorize Before One Has Data
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” – Arthur Conan Doyle, physician and writer (22 May 1859-1930)
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A Haiku of Math and Music
Precisely that times three in a tiny peek into the curious relationship between music and math. Yes, don’t remind me. I have often tried to deny this as not so very much so…. A Haiku of Math and Music by … Continue reading
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Tagged Bootstapping, Choice, Form, Fundamental, Haiku, Key, Math, More, Music, Notes, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relationship, Scale, Song, Soul, String, Tone, Voice
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Thought For the Day: The Production of Wealth Is the Result of Agreement and Its Distribution …Will Follow the Law of Its Creation
“The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer and employed. Its distribution, therefore, will follow the law of its creation, or great injustice will be done.” – Leland Stanford (1824-1893)
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First Principles: Let Each Citizen Remember At the Moment They Are Offering Their Vote … They Are Executing One of the Most Solemn Trusts In Human Society For Which They are Accountable 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, Country, Execute, First Principles, God, Human Society, Individual, Moment, Present, Samuel Adams, Solemn Trust, Vote
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Sounds For Troubled Times
One thing I’ve had some time to do lately is to explore what tuneage tends to lift my spirits in these sunken times. Sounds For Troubled Times by Michael Doyle Susceptible to a classic boogie fever As though there be … Continue reading
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Dragged Into the Streets
Thinking a lot on education and civilization and why and how there seems to be quite a bit of confusion as to how each is allegedly to work out. Fairly serious stuff and yet how can a person not … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Before Anything Else, Preparation Is the Key To Success
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell
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First Principles: When Taxes Go So Far As To Entrench On the Subsistence of the People, These Become Burdensome and Oppressive
“Taxation to a certain point is not only proper but useful, because by stimulating the industry of individuals it increases the wealth of the Community. But when Taxes go so far as to intrench on the subsistence of the people … Continue reading
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