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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Voyage of the Beagle – Darwin
In previous posts we have discussed both Darwin himself and the voyage of the Beagle. It will be handy to cross reference these posts to gain a decent background of the material. Today’s post will discuss how the second edition … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Darwin, Evolution, Galapagos, Harvard Classics, Indian Wars, Science, The Voyage of the Beagle
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Athletic
There is a motion in these waves that is aesthetic Know best by those of us who they call athletic Living in that cosmic instant known as now Lingering and reacting and merging with it somehow As we slide along … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesthetic, Athletic, Daily Prompt, Fluidity, Learning to Live, Life, Live, Love, Now, Ocean, Ride, Take and Give, Waves, Wipeout, Wordpress
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First Principles: Man’s Very Nature Causes Faction
“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” —James Madison, Federalist No. 10 (1787) To read our founding fathers’ thoughts on faction please see: http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa10.htm
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Tagged Causes, Faction, Federalist No. 10, First Principles, Human Nature, James Madison, Latent
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Thought of the Day: Every Life Has A Point of No Return
“There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives.” – Graham Greene, in The Comedians (1966) It does seem this way doesn’t it? That there comes a point when you have burned your bridges and there is … Continue reading
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Tagged Graham Greene, Lives, Point of No Return, The Comedians, Thought of the Day, Unremarked
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Prince – Niccolo Machiavelli
“He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.” The 16th century political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli wrote the treatise, The Prince. It was then published with the permission of one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, Idealism, Medici, Niccolo Machiavelli, Pope Clement VII, Realism, The Prince, Treatise
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Calling Out Your Name
Calling Out Your Name by Michael Romani I might be retreating But, my heart’s still beating Calling out your name Tell me, can you feel me? No, I mean, the real me As I call out your name I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Facade, Love, Muse, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Real Me
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Popular
Many is the misbegotten moments in time When things popular were not for the good And good deeds were mistreated as if a crime With either the populace or the rulers misunderstood But truth, as such, as a way of … Continue reading
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Tagged Conception, Daily Prompt, Misconsception, Popular, Principles, Truth, Wordpress
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First Principles: Wise Men Struggle For Liberty
It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope and pride. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is … Continue reading
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Tagged Anguish, First Principles, Hope, Liberty, Patrick Henry, Pride, Salvation, Struggle, Truth
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Thought For the Day: No Praise Or Compliment Is As Rewarding As Affection
“Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection – – that is the last and final and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement.” – Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain I stumbled across this … Continue reading
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Tagged Affection, Compliment, Daughters, Praise, Samuel Clemens, Thought For the Day, Turkey Run State Park
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Sonic Gems: Show Boat by Hammerstein and Kern
Show Boat is a musical in two acts that featured music composed by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. This is based on Edna Ferber’s novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and … Continue reading
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Tagged Edna Ferber, Hammerstein, Kern, Musical, Ol'Man River, Show Boat, Sonic Gems
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