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Thought For the Day: A Man Said to the Universe: “Sir, I Exist!” “However,” Replied the Universe, “the Fact Has Not Created In Me A Sense of Obligation”
“A man said to the universe: ‘Sir, I exist!’ “However,” replied the universe, ‘The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.‘” -Stephen Crane, writer (1 Nov 1871-1900)
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Tagged Create, Exist, Fact, Man, Obligation, Reply, Sense, Stephen Crane, Thought For the Day, Universe
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First Principles: If Ever A Time Should Come, When Vain and Aspiring Men Shall Possess the Highest Seats In Government, Our Country Will Stand In Need of Its Experienced Patriots To Prevent Its Ruin
“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” – Samuel Adams
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Tagged Aspiring, Country, Experienced, First Principles, Government, Highest Seats, Need, Patriots, Ruin, Samuel Adams, Time, Vain
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Thought For the Day: The Attempt To Force Human Beings To Despise Themselves Is What I Call Hell
“The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.” – Andre Malraux
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Tagged Andre Malraux, Attempt, Despise, Force, Hell, Human Beings, Self, Thought For the Day
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Another Verb Spoke
Another Verb Spokeby Michael DoyleHeaven help us for promises madeWhen we are feeling ignorant and afraidThough it is that we respect God’s mightWe must not fear that God will smiteThe things we do in ignorance and confusionKnowing His rest carries … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolution, Confusion, Ignorance, Ignorant, Immortality, Lies, Mankind, Mountains, Poetry and Poems, Prometheus, Promises, Respect, Smite, Spoke, Superstitions, Verb
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Thought For the Day: The Ongoing War In the Middle East Has Raised the Threat of An Attack Against Americans In the United States To A Whole Other Level
“The ongoing war in the Middle East has raised the threat of an attack against Americans in the United States to a whole other level.” “We assess that the actions of Hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration, … Continue reading
First Principles: To Be Prepared For War Is One of the Most Effectual Means of Preserving Peace
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” – George Washington (1790)
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Tagged Effectual, First Principles, George Washington, Means, Peace, Prepare, War
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Upending the Trump Cards
Upending the Trump Cardsby Michael DoyleBefore my almost disbelieving eyesThe stuff of comics is seen as I realizeThat theoretical physics is being soldAnd the multiverse is the story being toldPage one and above the paper’s foldThe blockbuster is showing up … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Beat, Block Buster, Bold, Choice, Comics, Cosmology, Cosmos, Disbelieving, Discomfort, Dissatisfaction, Explanation, Eyes, Fold, Frame, Human Minds, Illustrate, Incomplete, Memory, Mingle, Multiverse, Obsolete, Page One, Paint, Parllel, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Print, Religion, Scenery, Spidey Senses, Story, Technology, The Past, Theoretical Physics, Tingle, Told, Trump Cards, Truth, Upend
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Enough Pain To Go Around
Enough Pain To Go Aroundby Michael DoyleIf there’s one thingThat I’ve foundIt’s there’s enough painTo go aroundPages of sorrowTears of rageHolding on for tomorrowOn this world’s stageIt’s the state of artOf my darkened heartCalling out across the multiverseI’ve engineered it … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Confess, Confusion, Darkened Heart, Done, Doubt, Dream, Engineer, Enough, Found, Go Around, Hang Tough, Hugging It Out, Huts, Inside, Little Bit, Live, Mess, Miss, Multiverse, Not the Only One, Pages, Pain, Pieces Fit, Poetry and Poems, Primal Scream, Rage, Reverse, Rip Apart, Sorrow, Stage, State of Art, Tears, Tomorrow, World, Wrong Address, Zip Code
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Thought For the Day: It Is Estimated That About 10 Percent of Students Will Experience Educator Sexual Misconduct By the Time They Graduate High School
“(I)t is estimated that about 10 percent of students will experience educator sexual misconduct by the time they graduate high school.” – Elizabeth Jeglic, Ph.D. And yet the Uber Left tell us that parents should leave the well-being of their … Continue reading
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Tagged 10%, Educator, Elizabeth Jeglic PH.D., Estimate, Experience, Graduate, High School, Sexual Misconduct, Students, Thought For the Day, Time
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