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Thought For the Day: The True Measure of A Man Is How He Treats Someone Who Can Do Him Absolutely No Good
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” – Samuel Johnson
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First Principles: No Government, Any More Than An Individual, Will Long Be Respected Without Being Truly Respectable
“No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.” – James Madison (1788)
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First Principles: Law Is Defined To Be A Rule of Action; But How Can That Be A Rule, Which Is Little-Known, and Less Fixed?
“Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?” – James Madison (1788)
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Thought For the Day: No Battle Is Ever Won He Said…The Field Only Reveals To A Man His Own Folly and Despair, and Victory Is An Illusion of Philosophers and Fools
“No battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.” – William Faulkner, novelist (25 Sep 1897-1962)
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Autumn Seen Starkly
Autumn Seen Starklyby Michael DoyleOctober 2nd and the days are wearing thinI suppose it is true that Winter is coming againThis, then, is the truth of Autumn seen starklyAs the days grow shorter and are seen darklyPoetry captures violent moments … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Amplify, Ancient Lineage, Autumn, Bend, Blessedness, Blossom, Breath, Change, Childhood, Cold, Collect, Creep, Cycles of Life, Dark, Days, Death, Decadence, Deciduous, Everywhere, Flower, Golden, Heartbeats, Hibernate, Hours, Ice, Knew, Love, Memories, Moments, New, Old Lifee, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Radiance, Reaper, Rearrange, Seep, Simple, Slip, Spin Out, Spring, Stark, Stay, Sunlight, Taces, Thin, Time, Transmute, True Growth, Truth, Universal, Vivid Color, Warnth, Weather, Winter, Wither
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First Principles: Let Justice Be Done Though The Heavens Should Fall
“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.“ – John Adams (1777)
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Thought For the Day: Civilization Is the Encouragement of Differences
“Civilization is the encouragement of differences.” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 Oct 1869-1948)
It’s A Generational Thing
It’s A Generational Thingby Michael DoyleHowever framed, we all begin with the creationNaming our family by this point of originationIt comes to note that most issues today are of identityBut, we Christians, know who we are through theologyChrist dwells in … Continue reading
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Tagged Address, Adoration, Christ, Christians, Confess, Creation, Eyes, Family, Form, Frame, Generational Thing, Glory, Greed, Heaven, His Story, Identity, Intercession, Issues, Love, Loving One Another, Others, Petition, Poetry and Poems, Point of Origination, Pray, Souls, Succession, Theology, Unselfish
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Obstacle To Discovering the Shape of the Earth, the Continents, and the Oceans Was Not Ignorance But the Illusion of Knowledge
“The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.” -Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, professor, attorney, and writer (1 Oct 1914-2004)
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 