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First Principles: Knowledge Will Forever Govern Ignorance; and A People Who Mean To Be Their Own Governors Must Arm Themselves With the Power Which Knowledge Gives
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” – James Madison
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Jagged Edges
Jagged Edgesby Michael Doyle Her jagged edges blur into curves.The way she moves is smooth to my nerves.I like the way I find that her flow hits me.She’s a beautiful disaster that maybe gets me. She says every scar has … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Disaster, Chapter, Choices, Contentment, Control, Crash and Burn, Curves, esire, Eyes, Fire, Flow, Girl, Heart, Human Being, Imperfection, Jagged Edges, Love, Love and Rage, Menaing, Move, Neglect, Nerves, One Kiss, Page, Pen, Plausible, Plot, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Puzzle, Respect, Scar, Smooth, Soul, Story, Trick, Write
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Thought For the Day: I Believe That Our National Security Lies Not Just In Protecting Our Borders, But In Bridging Divides
“I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.” – Joe Lieberman
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Tagged Thought For the Day, Protect, Believe, Divide, Borders, Joe Lieberman, National Security, Brdge
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First Principles: If You Do Not Take An Interest In the Affairs of Your Government, Then You Are Doomed To Live Under the Rule of Fools
“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” – Plato
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Tagged Affairs, Doom, First Prnciiples, Goverrnment, Interest, Plato, Rule of Fools
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Nantucket’s Sound
Nantucket’s Soundby Michael DoyleIn the depths that feel formidableIs the key to knowing the unknowable.There was an urgency for resources on demandFrom the ocean floor up to supply the land.Petroleum, minerals, and whale oil,Have all had their turn as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anticipation, Depth, Imagination, Mankind, Mytery, Nantucket, Ocean Flor, Poetry and Poems, Resource, Sea, Sound, Unknowable
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Kindness One Can Render To Any Man Consists In Leading Him From Error To Truth
“The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.” – Thomas Aquinas
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Tagged Error, Kindness, Lead, Mankind, Render, Thomas Aquinas, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: The Constitution Enjoins An Oath Upon All the Officers of the United States. This Is A Direct Appeal To That God Who Is the Avenger of Perjury
“The Constitution enjoins an oath upon all the officers of the United States. This is a direct appeal to that God Who is the avenger of perjury. Such an appeal to Him is a full acknowledgement of His being and … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledgement, Avenger, Constitution, Direct Appeal, First Princieples, God, Oath, Offcers, Oliver Wolcott, Perjury, United States
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No Cause To Be Afraid
No Cause To Be Afraidby Michael DoyleSometimes it feels like death follows me,Creeping along like a shadow that swallows me.Maybe it is that I should already be dead,I know that’s too much to have been said.At three, I was pushed … Continue reading
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Tagged AFra, Afraid, Cause, Dad, Death, Follow, Life, Love, Number, Poetry and Poems, Pool, Shadow, Swallow
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Thought For the Day: Neither A Lofty Degree of Intelligence Nor Imagination Nor Both Together Go To the Making of Genius. Love, Love, Love, That Is the Soul of Genius
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Tagged Both Together, Genius, Imaginatio, Lofty Degree, Love, Soul, Thought For the Day, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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First Principles: The Only Thing Necessary For the Triumph of Evil Is For Good Men To Do Nothing
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
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Tagged Edmund Burke, Evil, First Prinicples, Good Men, Mankind, Necessary, Nothing, Triumph
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