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Monthly Archives: December 2022
Thought For the Day: Conformity In Science Is Anathema To Progress
“Conformity In Science Is Anathema To Progress. The Persistent Accusations That We Take Comfort In Agreeing With One Another Come From Those Who Have Never Attended Scientific Conferences.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson, in Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives On Civilization , … Continue reading
First Principles: May the Father of All Mercies Scatter Light, and Not Darkness, Upon Our Paths, and Make Us All In Our Several Vocations Useful Here
“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” – George Washington (1790)
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Tagged All Mercies, Due Time, Father, First Principles, George Washington, Happy, Light, Paths, Vocation
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The Christmas That Was Tragic
The Christmas That Was Tragicby Michael Doyle This Sunday, Christmas, is a bit tragicWhen we’ve stopped believing in magicWe call it adulting but it’s really notIt’s just the goodness we’ve simply forgot Take a deep breath, and try to believeIn … Continue reading
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Tagged Adulting, Believe, Cheer, Children, Christmas, Conceive, Cynics, Deep Breath, Disappear, Doubt, Elves, Forgot, Forgot It, Gnomes, Goodness, Got It, Homes, Joy, Lie, Light, Magic, Merry Christmas, Naughtiness, Night, PC World, Poetry and Poems, Problematic, Sunday, Tragic, World
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Thought For the Day: We Have Been Assured In the Sacred Writings That Except the Lord Build the House, They Labor In Vain That Build It
“God governs the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the … Continue reading
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Tagged Affairs of Man, Assured, Benjamin Franklin, Builders of Babel, God, Ground, House, Labor In Vain, Lord, Notice, Sacred Writings, Sparrow, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: It Cannot Be Emphasized Too Strongly…That This Great Nation Was Founded …By Christians…On the Gospel of Jesus Christ
“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ!” – Patrick Henry
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First Principles: There Exists In the Economy and Course of Nature, an Indissoluble Union Between Virtue and Happiness
“There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, Exist, First Principles, George Washington, Happiness, Nature, Union, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: Goodness Is the Only Investment That Never Fails
“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” – Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
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Tagged Fail, Goodness, Henry David Thoreau, Investment, Only, Thought For the Day
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Christmas Time Again
Christmas Time Againby Michael DoyleYou kiss the dog and pet the wifePlaying out scenes from its a wonderful lifeYou hang the lights and blame the seasonHolding out the mistletoe as if the reason For one more chance to seductively kissThe … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: There Are Only Two Kinds of People: Those Who Say To God, ‘Thy Will Be Done,’ and Those To Whom God Says, ‘All Right, Then, Have It Your Way’
“There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.’” – C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)
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First Principles: History and Experience Prove That Foreign Influence Is One of the Most Baneful Foes of Republican Government
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful … Continue reading
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Tagged Awake, Belive, Citizens, Experience, First Principles, Foes, Foreign Influence, Free People, George Washington, History, Jealousy, Republican Government, Wiles
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 