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First Principles: We Are, Heart and Soul, Friends To the Freedom of the Press. It Is However, the Prostituted Companion of Liberty
“We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press. It is however, the prostituted companion of liberty.” -Fisher Ames (1807)
Thought For the Day: What Sunshine Is To Flowers, Smiles Are To Humanity
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.” – Joseph Addison, essayist and poet (1 May 1672-1719)
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Tagged Flowers, Good, Humanity, Inconceivable, Joseph Addison, Life, Pathway, Scattered, Smiles, Sunshine, Thought For the Day, Triffles
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Worthy Of Our Praise
Worthy of Our Praiseby Michael DoyleAll of our best daysBegin by giving God praiseAs the blindest eyes seeThe blessings of the TrinityGiving our all is what we bringHere together as we singNot as moments of platitudeBut moved by righteous gratitudeTo … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Best Days, Bless, Blessings, Blind Eye, Bring, Choice, Darkness, Day, Done, God, God Alone, Gratitude, Keep, Light, Miracle, Moments, Move, Night, Our, Our All, Platitude, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Promises, Prove, Rainmaker, Reoognize, Righteous, Sing, Son, Together, Trinity, Voice, Weep, Words, Worship, Worthy
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First Principles: Would It Not Be Better To Simplify the System of Taxation Rather Than To Spread It Over Such A Variety of Subjects and Pass Through So Many New Hands
“Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands.” – Thomas Jefferson (1784)
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Tagged Better, First Principles, Hands, Pass, Simplify, Spread, System, Taxation, Thomas Jefferson, Variety of Subjects
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Thought For the Day: If You Don’t Turn Your Life Into A Story, You Just Become A Part of Someone Else’s Story
“If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else’s story.” -Terry Pratchett, novelist (28 Apr 1948-2015)
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Tagged Become, Part, Someone Else's, Story, Terry Pratchett, Thought For the Day, Turn, You, Your Life
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First Principles: When I Contemplate the Immense Advances In Science and Discoveries In the Arts Which Have Been Made With the Periods of My Life, I Look Forward With Confidence To Equal Advances
“When I contemplate the immense advances in science and discoveries in the arts which have been made within the period of my life, I look forward with confidence to equal advances by the present generation, and have no doubt they … Continue reading
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Tagged Advance, Arts, Confidence, Contemplate, Discovery, First Principles, Present Generation, Science, Thomas Jefferson, Wise
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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of Music. Good Music, and the Other Kind
“There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.” – Duke Ellington
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Tagged Duke Ellington, Good Music, Kinds, Music, The Other Kind, Thought For the Day, Two
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Disciples By Grace
Disciples By Graceby Michael DoyleJesus allows us to questionAccepting this without hesitationThough He was given all authorityHe charges His disciples authenticallyTo go and spread the good newsWhile allowing differing viewsThere was room for strategies and doubtWhile spreading the good news … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Accept, Allow, Authentic, Authority, Charge, Community, Complxity, Disciples, Done, Doubt, Earth, Eternity, Eyes, Forget, God's Power, God's Family, Good News, Gospel, Grace, Great Commission, Gspel, Heart, Hesitation, Hope, Humanity, Hurting Places, Impact, Jesus, Omission, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Promises, Question, Real, Regret, Ripple, Seen, Share, Simplicity, Sorrow, Souls, Strategy, Supernatural Hour, Surrender, Testimony, Today, Tomorrow, Universal Paths, Vision, Witness, Word, Worth, Zeal
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Thought For the Day: I Have But One Candle of Life To Burn, and I Would Rather Burn It Out In A Land Filled With Darkness Than In A Land Flooded With Light
“I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light.” – John Keith Falconer
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Tagged Aaron Copland, Alight, Burn, Candle, Darkness, Faith-Filled, Flooded, John Keith Falconer, Life, One, Thought For the Day
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