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Other Side of Hell
Other Side of Hellby Michael DoyleThis isn’t meant to discourageBut sometimes, true courageIs found on the other side of HellWhen your eyes have seen enough to dispelAny notion that peace can be foundThrough the taking of lives in warAnd when … Continue reading
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First Principles: An Elective Despotism Was Not the Government We Fought For; But One In Which the Powers of Government Should Be Divided and Balanced
“An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: It Is Well For A Man When He Has Learned To Endure What He Cannot Change, and To Give Up With Dignity What He Cannot Retain
“It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.” – Friedrich Schiller
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Tagged Cannot Change, Dignity, Endure, Friedrich Schiller, Give Up, Learn, Man, Retain, Thought For the Day, Well
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Wandering In the Night
Wandering In the Nightby Michael DoyleWeary souls wandering in the nightIn need of a healing lightWe are not ever truly aloneThanking God, we are not on our ownWe are unburdened from bitternessOur saved souls have felt the tendernessWalking each moment … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Another One, Bitterness, Childhood, Christ, Days, Done, End, Fee, Final Days, Friend, God, Good, Gratitude, Great, Healing Light, Hell, Instances, Journey, Know, Lives, Lost, Love, Night, Own, Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Push, Right Attitude, Saved Souls, Tenderness, Thank, Understood, Walk, Wander, Weary Souls, Worthy
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Thought For the Day: The Cure For A Fallacious Argument Is A Better Argument, Not the Suppression of Ideas
“The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.” – Carl Sagan
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Tagged Argument, Better Argument, Carl Sagan, Cure, Fallacious, Suppression of Ideas, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: To Suppose That Any Form of Government Will Secure Liberty or Happiness Without Any Virtue In the People, Is A Chimerical Idea
“Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any … Continue reading
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Tagged Chimerical Idea, First Principles, Form, Government, Happiness, James Madison, Liberty, Render, Secure, Suppse, The People, Theoretical Checks, Virtue, Wretched Situtation
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Cumberland Falls
Cumberland Fallsby Michael DoyleInternet sites, articles, and word of mouthHas Cumberland Falls as the Niagara of the SouthAnd though we haven’t made it to see the moonbowWe have been there to see the gentle waters flowThe Cumberland River’s water ripples … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Change, Cumberland Falls, Cumberland River, Daniel Boone National Forest, Daughters, Eyes, Father, Flow, Forge, Full Moon, Giant Boulders, Impression, Kept, Light, Majestic, Mark, Moonbow, Niagara of the South, Nights, Path, Pinkies, Poetry and Poems, Polish, Promise, Promises, Record, Ripple, River, Slept, Sunrise, Tall, The Girls and I, Time, Unfold, Water, Word of Mouth
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First Principles: Without Debate, Without Criticism, No Administration, and No Country Can Succeed, and No Republic Can Survive
“Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Administration, Country, Criticism, Debate, First Principles, John F. Kennedy, Republic, Succeed, Survive
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In This Dance
In This Danceby Michael DoyleEven rivers know to ramble slowlyThe end comes soon enoughIf in the end, this world knows meSomeday, that will be enoughIn the interrupted dream shades of the nightI wander alone through this twilightBreathless as the thoughts … Continue reading
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Tagged Acrid Ice, Break Down, Breathless, Chance, Compel, Dance, Destinty, Dice, Dreams, End, Enough, Fal, Felt, God-Given, Hand, In This Dance, Interrupt, Know, Lead, Love of Life, Magic, Melt, Met, Moment, Night, Offer, Poetry and Poems, Ramble, Reminisce, Risk, River, Roll, Shadows, Slow, Someday, Spell, Sweet Kiss, Tears, The Bridge, Thoughts, Twilight, Us, Walls, Wander Alone, World
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