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First Principles: Love Liberty Enough To Guard and Defend It
“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.” – Daniel Webster, in Speech (3 June 1834); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), volume iv, page 47 … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Webster, Defend, Faithfulness, First Principles, God, Guard, History, Inalienable, Liberty, Love
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Thought For The Day: When Christianity and Caesar Met In the Arena Christ Won
“There is no greater drama in human record than the sight of a few Christians, scorned or oppressed by a succession of emperors, bearing all trials with a fierce tenacity, multiplying quietly, building order while their enemies generated chaos, fighting … Continue reading
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Tagged Brutality, Caesar, Chaos, Christ, Early Christianity, Hope, Order, Roman Empire, Sword, Thought For the Day, Trials, Tribulations, Victory, Word
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Polyeucte – Pierre Corneille
The French tragedian Pierre Corneille lived from June 6, 1606 through October 1, 1684. Along with Moliere and Jean Racine, he is considered one of the three great 17th century dramatists. He had originally enjoyed the patronage of Cardinal Richelieu … Continue reading
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Tagged Armenia, Christianity, Corneille, French Drama, Harvard Classics, Martyr, Polyeucte, St Polyeuctus
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Pliny’s Letters
This was to be blogged yesterday. Unfortunately, sometimes not feeling well gets the better of me. I chose sleep over blogging. Okay, truth be told, my body did. I had duly set an alarm. Better living through chemicals and a … Continue reading
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Tagged Early Christianity, Emperor Trajan, Harvard Classics, History, Letters, Mt. Vesuvius, Pliny, Rome
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Sonic Gems: Earth, Wind & Fire – All ‘n’ All
Earth, Wind & Fire formed in 1970 as a Chicago band playing a vast cross section of genres including R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, rock, Latin, and African. The music found is both innovative and precise. Maurice White, … Continue reading
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Tagged All 'n' All, Brazil, Earth Wind & Fire, Fantasy, Funk, I'll Write A Song For You, Maurice White, Philip Bailey, R&B, Serpetine Fire, Sonic Gems, Soul
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Sneaking Suspicion
Would it be a wake up call If you tried to learn it all And realized there was more to know Thank you ever really could Would it be an ethical death row To live your life striving to do … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Clarity, Confusion, Contemplation, Ethics, Explore, Fool's Gold, Heaven, Hell, Light, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Questioning, Tomorrow
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Proxy
There is no sort of proxy for the things you do to me There is nothing that can replace our integrity All of the things that you have come to mean to me Forming the bounds of all of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Together, Daily Prompt, Forever, Integrity, Kept, Life, Meaning, Moments, Photograph, Promises, Proxy, Reality, Sepia, Time, True Love, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Citizens Must Keep Government From Error
“It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.” —Justice Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954) If nothing else this … Continue reading
First Principles: The Accumulation of Power Into Few Hands Leads To Tyranny
“The accumulation of all powers … in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison (1788) in Federalist Paper, No. 47 This … Continue reading
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Tagged Accumulation, Corruption, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Powers, The Federalist Papers, Tyranny
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Sonic Gems: Joe Ely – Honky Tonk Masquerade
Born on February 9, 1947, Joe Ely was born in Amarillo, Texas and grew up to sing, write and play a curious mix of honky tonk, country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll. His style has always been genre crossing including … Continue reading
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Tagged Country, Country Rock, Honk Tonk Masquerade, Joe Ely, Sonic Gems, Tex-Mex, The Clash
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