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First Principles: He Will Wipe Away Every Tear From Their Eyes, and Death Shall Be No More, Neither Shall There Be Mourning, Nor Crying, Nor Pain Anymore, For the Former Things Have Passed Away
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” – Revelation 21:4
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Thought For the Day: The Most Dangerous Condition For A Man Or A Nation Is When His Intellectual Side Is More Developed Than His Spiritual. Is That Not Exactly the Condition of the World Today?
“The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?” – Arthur Conan Doyle
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Tagged Condition, Dangerous Condition, Develop, Exact, Intellectual Side, Man, Nation, Spiritual, Thought For the Day, Today, World
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Do What Thou Wilt
Do What Thou Wiltby Michael DoyleThe young Jimmy Page wore his guitarist crownPlaying the only thing that never got him downHe was never one to live life overly uptightBut he has lived life with a voracious appetiteIt’s a thing of … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Life Is Short. Be Swift To Love! Make Haste To Be Kind!
“Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind! “- Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (27 Sep 1821-1881)
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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretence of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy
“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)
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Reality Vs. Constructs
Reality Vs. Constructsby Michael DoyleAn understanding states and instructsThat the “real world” consists of constructsWe all oblige each other to reach an understandingBut to apply this loosely rather than too demandingThis is to say we lie so often to our … Continue reading
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Tagged Apply, Breed, Constructs, Danger, Fantasies, Free, Ghosts, Imagination, Inter-Crossing Boundaries, Intrude, Lie, Loose, Normalacy, Oblige, Past, Poetry and Poems, Real, Real World, Reality, Shackles, Shadows, Stranger, Struggle, Tradition, Understanding, Unreal Things
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First Principles: It Is Necessary For Every American, With Becoming Energy To Endeavor To Stop the Dissemination of Principles Evidently Destructive of the Cause For Which They Have Bled
“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people … Continue reading
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Tagged Bled, Cause, Civil and Religious Rights, Combined Virtue, Destructive, Dissemination, Energy, Every American, First Principles, Form, Government, Mercy Warren, Mode, Necessary, Principles, Stop, Tyranny
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Thought For the Day: Self-Education Is, I Firmly Believe, the Only Kind of Education There Is. The Only Function of A School Is To Make Self-Education Easier; Failing That It Does Nothing
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.” – Isaac Asimov
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The Lord Turns His Blessed Face
The Lord Turns His Blessed Faceby Michael DoylePraise the Father; Praise the SonPraise the Spirit for what is doneJoy spreads across all creationGiving us all its holy inspirationTruth is truth, new to oldThis is God’s story toldAll things that are … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessed Face, Blind, Choir, Creation, Daily Prayer, Done, Find, God, God's Story, His Word, Holy Inspiration, Joy, King of Kings, Left Behind, Love, Mind, Pace, Peace and Grace, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Sacred Sight, Seek, Sing, The Father, The Lord, The Son, The Spirit, Three-In-One, Traces, Truth, Truth of God
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