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Thought For the Day: The Beginnings and Endings of All Human Undertakings Are Untidy
“The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.” – John Galsworthy, author, Nobel laureate (14 Aug 1867-1933)
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First Principles: A Republic, By Which I Mean A Government In Which the Scheme of Representation Takes Place,…Promises the Cure…We Are Seeking
“A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking.” – James Madison (1790)
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Tagged Cure, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Prospect, Republic, Scheme of Representation, Seek
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Thought For the Day: Without Deep Reflection, One Knows From Daily Life That One Exists For Other People
“Without deep reflection, one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.” – Albert Einstein
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In A Pirate’s Night
In A Pirate’s Nightby Michael DoyleBehind walls, guns, and menWe knew our protectionAs a conspiracy of pirates knows sinIn a violent world lived with instigationGood souls should not live on this beachUnder these kinds of circumstancesImperiled as Bermuda falls to … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, Bermuda, Blind Eye, Breach, Chance, Circumstance, Conspiracy, Danger, Dice, Fire, Good Soul, Guns, Hesitation, Instigation, Kill, Men, Night, Pirate, Poetry and Poems, Protection, Question, Right, Rumor, Shadow, Sin, Strangers, Violent World, Walls, Wrongs
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Thought For the Day: If You Love Life, Don’t Waste Time, For Time Is What Life Is Made Up Of
“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.’”– Bruce Lee
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First Principles: We Should Never Despair, Our Situation Before Has Been Unpromising and Has Changed For the Better, So I Trust, It Will Again
“We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Better, Change, Despair, Difficulties, Effort, Exertions, Exigency, First Principles, George Washington, Proportion, Situation, Times, Trust, Unpromising
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On Our Wedding Day
On Our Wedding Dayby Michael DoyleWe go much better together than apartWe feel as if we’re one in our heartsGiving our all and living the presentAlways ready to give our 100 percentI’ve leaned on the Lord to do thisThough I … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Per Cent, Above, Apart, Better Together, Flow, Hearts, Kiss, Leanded, Lord, Love, One, Poetry and Poems, Present, Roller Coaster of Low, Step Closer, Surpass, Understanding, Wedding Day
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Thought For the Day: The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act So As To Elicit the Best In Others and Thereby In Thyself
“The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself.” – Felix Adler, professor, lecturer, and reformer (13 Aug 1851-1933)
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First Principles: Whoever Would Overthrow the Liberty of A Nation Must Begin By Subduing the Freedom of Speech
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin
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