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Thought For the Day: Success Means To Keep On Going With Enthusiasm
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill Keep the inner fire burning regardless of how many times you need to keep working on accomplishing your goals. That’s the secret to success. Failure … Continue reading
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Tagged Enthusiasm, Failure, Fortitude, History, Perservere, Success, Winston Churchill
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: One’s Self I Sing and Other Poetry by Walt Whitman
American poet, essayist and journalist Walter “Walt” Whitman was born on May 31, 1819. He passed away on March 26, 1892. Often called the father of free verse, he was a humanist who marked the transition between and incorporated both … Continue reading
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Tagged Controversy, Free Verse, Harvard Classics, Leaves of Grass, One's Self I Sing, Poetry, Walt Whitman
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Sonic Gems: King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
In 1968, the English progressive rock band King Crimson arose from the ashes of the unsuccessful trio Giles, Giles and Fripp. Since then out of the 21 musicians who have been members, the only consistent member has been Robert Fripp. … Continue reading
My Daughters’ American We
https://flic.kr/p/vCW1P4 My Daughters’ American We by Michael Romani Looking on the America of today With all of its conflicts in the way It reminds me of post Revolution life Ablaze with near anarchy and civil strife We of today should … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American We, Culture, Daughters, Family, Father, Future, Generaion, Heritage, Liberty, Noble, Overcome, Patriotism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Service, Troubles, Truth, Veneration
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Neophyte
Remembering back to my days as a neophyte Attracted as I was to the gloss of the neon light It seems like only the day before yesterday When I learned of video games and how to play It’s a different … Continue reading
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Tagged Capacity, Daily Prompt, High Score, Humanity, Neophyte, Pleasure, Riches, Treasures, Video Games, Visual, Wordpress
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Happy Veterans Day!!
Hug your veterans today!! Let them know that they are loved and appreciated!! Even if they’re active duty now, they’ll appreciate it!
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Tagged Duty, Freedom, Gratitude, Patriot, Protecting, Service, Thought For the Day, Veterans, Veterans Day
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First Principles: Value Our Veterans
“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.” – George … Continue reading
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Tagged Duty, First Principles, George Washington, Imperative, Justice, Service, Treament, Veterans, Veterans Day
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Thought For the Day: We Owe Our Freedom To the Military
“It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given … Continue reading
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Tagged Airman, Coastie, Freedoms, Marine, Sailor, Service, Soldier, Thought For the Day, Veterans Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Deserted Village and Other Poems – Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith was born November 10, 1728. Born on November 10, 1728, the Irish novelist, playwright and poet was renown for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, his pastoral poem The Deserted Village and his plays The Good Natur’d Man and She Stoops to … Continue reading
