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Too Many Miles, Too Many Tears
Too Many Miles, Too Many Tearsby Michael DoyleLooking back on all the miles I’ve drivenOver lands other believed they were givenI find a lot is needed to be forgivenWere it not for being too busy livingI remember coming to Indiana … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century Perspective, Acre, Aggression, Betrayal, Broken Promises, Brutal Erasure, Callous Savages, Cultural Reival, Curious, Despair, Dirupted Community, Dispossession, Driven, Essence, Expansion, Forgiven, Fracture, Given, Harmony, Heritage, History, Honor, Indian Territory, Indiana, Land, Last Breath, Laugh, Lineage, Living, Miles, Monticello Mansion, Native American, Native Land, native-americans, Photograph, Poetry and Poems, Portrayal, Prophetstown, Reborn, Revive, Road Trip, Sacred Cycle, Scream, Story, Survival, Tears, Tenskwatawa, Thomas Jefferson, Trail of Death, Trail of Tears, Trails, Unity, Vision
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First Principles: Religion, In Its Purity, Is…Obedience To God In Improvement of Self and Benevolence To Men
“Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Beneevolence, Faith, First Principles, Foundation, God, High and Holy, Holiness, Improvement of SElf, Jonathan Edwards, Mankind, Obedience, Purity, Pursuit, Religion, Temper, Works
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Thought For the Day: Through All the World There Goes One Long Cry From the Heart of the Artist: Give Me A Chance To Do My Best
“Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me a chance to do my best.” – Isak Dinesen
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Tagged Artist, Best, Chance, Heart, Isak Dinesen, Long Cry, Thought For the Day, World
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On American Prosperity
On American Prosperityby Michael DoyleChronicling the rise of American exceptionalismRides on the back of rugged individualismA laissez-faire approach, not excessive regulationFreedom and ingenuity are what built this nationYet others claim that Hamilton inspired activismHas been the leading spur of financial … Continue reading
First Principles: The Laws Should Be Rigidly Enforced Which Prohibit the Immigration of A Servile Class To Compete With American Labor, With No Intention of Citizenship
“The laws should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigration of a servile class to compete with American labor, with no intention of acquiring citizenship, and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repugnant to our civilization” – Grover … Continue reading
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Tagged American Labor, Citizenship, Civilization, Compete, Customs, Enforce, First Principles, Grover Cleveland, Habits, Immigration, Intention, Laws, Prohibit, Repugnant, Servile Class
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Thought For the Day: The Best Thing In Life Is To Go Ahead With All Your Plans and Dreams, To Embrace Life and To Live Everyday With Passion
“The best thing in life is to go ahead with all your plans and your dreams, to embrace life and to live everyday with passion, to lose and still keep the faith and to win while being grateful. All of … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Thing In Life, Charles Chaplin, Dare, Dreams, Grateful, Insignificant, Keep the Faith, Life, Lose, Passion, Plans, The World, Thought For the Day, Want, Win
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Brilliant Pebbles and A Dome
Brilliant Pebbles and A Domeby Michael DoyleBrilliant pebbles laid outIs an efficient strategyAs it removes the layers of doubtResidual in our window of historyThere is a weave of known costAbout all that might be lostWere we to live by traditionWar … Continue reading
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Tagged Brilliant Pebbles, Cost, Dome, Doubt, Layers, Lost, Nations, Poetry and Poems, Strategy, Tradition, Ugly Business, War, Weave, Window of History
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First Principles: Stepping Up In Opposition
Stepping up in opposition to the gravitational suck of those who attempt to redefine what freedom and liberty mean: A fundamental difference between the allegedly progressive and true classical liberal idealists, now called conservatives, is in how freedom and … Continue reading
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First Principles: Each Department Is Truly Independent of the Others, and Has An Equal Right To Decide For Itself What Is the meaning of the Constitution
“My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the others, and has an equal right to decide for itself what is the meaning of the constitution in … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: There Is No Normal Life That Is Free of Pain. It’s the Very Wrestling With Our Problems That Can Be the Impetus For Our Growth
“There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.” – Fred Rogers
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Tagged Fred Rogers, Free of Pain, Growth, Impetus, Normal Life, Problems, Thought For the Day, Wrestle
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 