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First Principles: Nature Intended Me For the Tranquil Pursuits of Science, By Rendering Them My Supreme Delight
“Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. – Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: It Has Become Appallingly Obvious That Our Technology Has Exceeded Our Humanity
“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” – Albert Einstein
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Tagged Albert Einsteing, Appalling, Excess, Humanity, Obvoius, Technology, Thought For the Day
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Dollar Days
Dollar Daysby Michael DoyleHere in the noonday’s faded hazeStuck in the cheap seats of dollar daysDaydreams wear a sense of modestyThat sneaks in past our integrityThere are poems written as confessionalAt the realization that no one is specialNo more special … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheap Seats, Chronicle, Confessional, Daydreams, Dicksenian, Dollar Days, Found, Haze, Hearts, Intebrity, Modesty, Noonday, Our Part, Poems, Poetry and Poems, Realization, Special, World
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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
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Tagged Eternal Hostility, First Principles, Form, Mind of Man, Sworn, The Altar of God, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny
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Thought For the Day: The Best Portion of A Good Man’s Life Is His Little , Nameless, Unremembered Acts of Kindness and of Love
“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” – William Wordsworth, poet (7 Apr 1770-1850)
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Tagged Best Portion, Good Man, Kindness, Life, Little, Love, Nameless, Thought For the Day, Unremembered Acts, William Wordsworth
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Redemption In the Law
Redemption In the Lawby Michael DoyleIn God’s love, like a symphonyThe Book of Romans feeds the communityComplete in its fullness and integrityIt teaches history and theologyProdigals are welcomed to this storyAs we reveal the depth of God’s gloryKnees are bowed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad, Bible, Broken Patterns, Challenges, Christianity, Community, Complete, Confession, Consciousness, Corrrect, Courage, Define, Depth, Encourage, Faith, Foundation, Friend, God, God's Glory, God's Love, Good, Grace, Grow, History, Holy Relationship, Integrity, Jesus, Love, Missed Mark, Moral Law, No Quarter, Poetry and Poems, Prodgials, Redemption, Revelation, Sin, Soul, Symphony, The Law, Theology, Truth, Understood, Unvarnishedd
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Thought For the Day: If You Think That You Can Sin, and Then By Cries Avert the Consequences of Sin, You Insult God’s Character
“If you think that you can sin, and then by cries avert the consequences of sin, you insult God’s character.” – Frederick William Robertson
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Tagged Avert, Consequences, Cries, Frederick William Robertston, God's Character, Insult, Sin, Think, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: So Then, The Law Is Holy, and the Commandment Is Holy, Righteous and Good
“So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.“ – Romans 7: 12
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Bob Dylan’s Blues
Bob Dylan’s Bluesby Michael DoyleBob Dylan’s tangle was a lot more than blueIts effect has had a multi-generational hueHis music, writing, and lyrical poetryHas etched its way into the best of historyMost of us take part in shallow walk-on rolesThere … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrival, Bell Tolls, Blessed, Blood On the Tracks, Blues, Bob Dylan, Chimes, Context, Destiny, Electrified, Etch, Folk Reborn, Folk Tradition, Freedom, Heard, History, Home, Lasting Impression, Left Alone, Lives, Lyrical Poetry, Mr. Tambourine Man, Multi-generational Hue, Music, Poetic Expression, Poetry and Poems, Respect, Shallow, Success, Survival, Tangle, Walk-On Role, Worn, Writing
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First Principles: A Government For the People Must Depend For Its Success On the Intelligence, the Morality, the Justice, and the Interest of the People Themselves
“A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.” – Grover Cleveland
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