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First Principles: The First and Governing Maxim In the Interpretation of A Statute Is To Discover the Meaning of Those Who Made It
“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it.” – James Wilson (1790)
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Tagged Christianity, Common Law, Discover, First, First Principles, Governing, Interpretation, James Wilson, Maxim, Meaning, Part, Statute, Those Who Made It
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Thought For the Day: A Successful Marriage Requires Falling In Love Many Times, Always With the Same Person
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin
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Tagged Always, Falling In Love, Marriage, Mignon McLaughlin, Same Person, Successful, Thought For the Day
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The Quiet Colors
The Quiet Colorsby Michael DoyleAs the quiet colors Of the midnight hour Starts to come to closeAs the quiet colors Of the midnight hour Starts to come to closeI feel as lonely as the pain insideTortured to my soul, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abandoned, Above Water, Aks, Bluff, Broken, Broken Cross, Call, Close, Confuse, Cross, Crucified, Damaged Control, Dead, Deep, Done, Drown, Father, Feel, From the Inside, Going On, Hang, Head, Hide, History, Inside, Job, Killing Me, Lonely, Look Into My Eyes, Mercy, Midnight Hour, Misery, No Longer Know Me, No Right To Complain, Nobody's Son, Nowhere to Hide, Overwhelm, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Pull, Pulled, Quiet Colors, Reach, Realize, Reminded, Rot, Satan, See, Soul, Sould, Stand, Strings, Strong Enough, Teeth, The Lord, Too Much, Tortured, Wrong
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First Principles: No Man Is Allowed To Be A Judge In His Own Cause, Because His Interest Would Certainly Bias His Judgment, and…Corrupt His Integrity
“No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity.” – James Madison (1787)
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Tagged Allow, Bias, Corrupt, First Principles, Integrity, Interest, James Madison, Judge, Judgment, No Man, Own Cause
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Thought For the Day: It Is Always Legitimate To Wish To Rise Above One’s Self, Never Above Others
“It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one’s self, never above others.” – Julia Ward Howe
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Tagged Above, Always, Julia Ward Howe, Legitimate, One's Self, Others, Rise, Thought For the Day, Wish
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Nature and Dignity Earned
Nature and Dignity Earnedby Michael DoyleThere’s a quiet in natureThat you won’t find in the cityIt helps you to think and matureLearning what is and isn’t prettyThis is especially true of the soulAs you learn the value of self-controlBeing where … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Born To Be, Chance, Circumstance, City, Critical Moments, Danger, Decide, Deserve, Dignity Earned, Discern, Experience, Eyes, Face-To-Face, Felt, Give, Grace, Heart, Humility, Imprint, Known, Learn, Live, Lives, Master Ourselves, Mature, Meant, Nature, Observe, Outcome, Paths, Places, Poetry and Poems, Pretty, Quiet, See, Self-Control, Shown, Soul, Stars, Start, Step, Teach, Think, Traces, True, Value, Wish
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First Principles: Resolve To Perform What You Ought. Perform Without Fail What You Resolve
“Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.” – Benjamin Franklin (1771)
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What Our God Does
What Our God Doesby Michael DoyleLooking at what God has doneWe become baptized in the SonThe details have some meaningIn burying the wrong of our beingStepping into being taken into a new lifeWe take on the peace by putting away … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts, Ananias, Audacious Purpose, Baptized, Being, Blinding Light, Bumpy Path, Bury, Christian Zeal, Death, Details, Early Church, Enemy, Faith, Following God, Foundation, God Does, God's Intent, Hero, Instrument, Last Breath, Meaning, Mistaken, New Life, New Look, Odds, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Purposes, Radical Expression of Grace, Right, Righteousness of Ministry, saul, Saul Became Paul, Set Us Free, Son, Strife, The Book, Victory of Christ, Walk, Wrong
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Thought For the Day: Follow Your Inner Moonlight; Don’t Hide the Madness
“Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.” – Allen Ginsberg, poet (3 Jun 1926-1997)
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Follow, Hide, Inner, Madness, Moonlight, Thought For the Day
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