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Thought For the Day: There Is No Saint Without A Past, No Sinner Without A Future
“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.” – Saint Augustine
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First Principles: If Christ Is In You, Though the Body Is Dead Because of Sin, Yet the Spirit Is Alive Because of Righteousness
“If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.” – Romans 8:10
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Thought For the Day: One Cannot and Must Not Try To Erase the Past Merely Because It Does Not Fit the Present
“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.” – Golda Meir
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First Principles: The Person Who Deserves Most Pity Is A Lonesome One On A Rainy Day Who Doesn’t Know How To Read
“The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Thought For the Day: If We Don’t Believe In Free Expression For People We Despise, We Don’t Believe In It At All
“If we don’t believe in free expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Noam Chomsky
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First Principles: America Will Never Be Destroyed From the Outside. If We Falter And Lose Our Freedoms, It will Because We Destroyed Ourselves
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.’ – Abraham Lincoln
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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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