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First Principles: Whatever May Be Our Wishes, Our Inclination, or the Dictates of Our Passions, They Cannot Alter the State of Facts and Evidence
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)
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Tagged Alter, Dictates, Evidence, Facts, First Principles, Inclindations, John Adams, Law, Passions, Stable, State, Stubborn, Wishes
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The Search of Civilization
The Search of Civilizationby Michael DoyleEarth’s civilizationsReach into spaceIn the search For new life That we can embraceUntil with devastationAnd with wasteWe have, as we will,As we have always findAs we have always foundAnother peaceful civilizationToWearDown…Into tatters and discardIn the … Continue reading
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Tagged Always Found, Civilization, Destiny, Devastation, Discard, Earth, Embrace, Find, Manifeststed, New Life, Peaceful Civilization, Poetry and Poems, Search, Space, Tatters, Waste, Wear Down, Will
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Thought For the Day: The Softer You Sing, the Louder You’re Heard
“The softer you sing, the louder you’re heard.” – Donovan, musician (b. 10 May 1946)
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23 for ’23
Just a small announcement that in less than a month, a chapbook of mixed poetry called 23 for ’23 should be available on Amazon.com, if not sooner. 23 poems written in 2023 on a diverse range of subjects from spirituality, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, 23, Amazon.com, Available, Chapbook, Life, Oceans, Poetry, Spirituality, Subjects, Thought For the Day
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Processing Transformation
1 John 3:1-10 Processing Transformationby Michael Doyle As the children of God, we know loveShined down from the heavens aboveTo know this hope in God in which we will stayWe are forgiven to the extent we no longer stray We … Continue reading
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Tagged Acquire, Balance, Believe, Best, Children of God, Circumstance, Do Right, God, Holy Transformation, Hope, Imperfect, Information, Living Days, Love, Man, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Processing, Receive, Shine, Significant, Stay, Stray, Teach, Test, Thanks, Transformation, Ways, Ways of Sin, Woman
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First Principles: Every Actual State Is Corrupt. Good Men Must Not Obey Laws Too Well
“Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
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Tagged A State of the Rights of the Colonists, Corrupt, Every, First Principles, Good Men, Laws, Obey, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Well
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Thought For the Day: The Best of All Government Is That Which Teaches Us To Govern Ourselves
“The best of all government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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Wonderous Sea’s Night Dive
Wonderous Sea’s Night Diveby Michael DoyleAt the end of the day comes the night diveTo find that at the bottom, it’s the tinyThat somehow manages to keep us all aliveThe millions of phytoplankton are lights, however tinyEvery other breath that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Basket Stars, Bends, Bottom, Breath, Carbon Dioxide, Chance Encounter, Chancy Balance, Colors, Comb Jellies, Constellations, Darkness, Decompress, Delicate, Depths, Down Side Up, Embrace, Enigmatic, Fly, Gift of Life, Health, Impression, Inner Space, Law, Ledge, Lessons, Millions of Species, Moon, Moonlight, Nature's Balance, Night, Night Dive, Ocean's Edge, Ocean's Floor, Oxygen, Phytoplankton, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Reefs, Sea Shore, Sea Turtles, Shine, Teach, Tiny, Tug-A-War, Vibrant, Zooplankton
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First Principles: “All Men Are Created Equal…Endowed With Certain Unalienable Rights,…Among These Are LIFE, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – The Declaration of Independence … Continue reading
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