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Thought For the Day: The Trouble With You Americans Is That You Are Still Under the Influence of that Second-Rate – Shall I Say Third-Rate? – Mind, Karl Marx
“The great trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence of that second-rate — shall I say third-rate? — mind, Karl Marx.” – H. G. Wells (1866-1946) Wells was a very different kind of socialist. Perhaps … Continue reading
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Whatever Our Circumstances Now
Whatever Our Circumstances Nowby Michael DoyleThanks given in every circumstanceNo matter the truth of the happenstanceThere’s a joyful noise to raiseAs we join together in our praiseSing our song as we rejoice togetherRedeemed by His grace, life is betterLike prisoners … Continue reading
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Tagged Breath, Circumstances, Communion, Cup, Embrace, Faithful, Family, Forgiven, Free, God, Goodness, Grace, Happenstance, His Love, Joyful Noise, Liberty, Lord, Loved, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Race, Raise, Redeem, Rejoice, Reunion, Runners, Song, Surrender, Truth
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Thought For the Day: If You Once Forfeit the Confidence of Your Fellow Citizens, You Can Never Regain Their Respect and Esteem
“If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people … Continue reading
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First Principles: I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God, Eternal Hostility Against Every Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man
“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson (1800)
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Layers of Emotion
Layers of Emotionby Michael DoyleOur hearts hold feelings deeper than oceansIt’s up to us to manage our own emotionsThe heart of the matter is that hearts matterYet, we must do this or our lives might shatterFeelings are so very hard … Continue reading
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First Principles: Do You Not Know That Your Bodies Are Temples of the Holy Spirit, Who Is In You…?
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV), Bodies, Bought, First Principles, God, Holy Spirit, Honor God, Know, Own, Price, Received, Temple
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A Republic To Be Kept
A Republic To Be Keptby Michael DoyleStart then as it were with a nameWhat we will call out as informationThen like chess parts to the gameWe provide definition in affirmationWhat does this take in its inflectionTo voice what it is … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: By Dividing the Voters Through the Political Party System, We Can Get Them To Expend Their Energies In Fighting over Questions of No Importance
“By dividing the voters through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance. Thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves what has been so well planned and … Continue reading
First Principles: The More Permanent and Genuine Happiness Is To Be Found In the Sequestered Walks of Connubial Life Than In the Giddy Rounds of Promiscuous Pleasure
“More permanent and genuine happiness is to be found in the sequestered walks of connubial life than in the giddy rounds of promiscuous pleasure.” – George Washington, letter to the Marquis de la Rourie, 1786
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 