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First Principles: There Must Be Associations of Men of Unshaken Fortitude. A General Dissolution of Principles & Manners Will More Surely Overthrow the Liberties of America Than the Whole Force of the Common Enemy
“…(T)here must be Associations of Men of unshaken Fortitude. A general Dissolution of Principles & Manners will more surely overthrow the Liberties of America than the whole Force of the Common Enemy.” – Samuel Adams, in a letter to James Warren, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Association, Common Enemy, Dissolution, First Principles, Fortitude, James Warren, Liberties, manners, Men, Overthrow, Principles, Samuel Adams, Whole Force
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Thought For the Day: The Only Thing One Can Give An Artist Is Leisure In Which To Work. To Give An Artist Leisure Is Actually To Take Part In His Creation
“The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.” – Ezra Pound, poet (30 Oct 1885-1972)
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Tagged Artist, Creation, Ezra Pound, Leisure, Take Part, Thought For the Day
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In the Shoes of Humanity
In the Shoes of Humanityby Michael DoyleToo many are missing the vocabularyNecessary for living well in God’s familyThese things should be known and taughtFor God’s messages to be truly caughtThe time to win a fight is before it startsSetting the … Continue reading
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Tagged Caught, Contemplation, Gentle Correction, God's Family, Heal, Humanity, Laws of Christ, Mindful, Poetry and Poems, Restore, Right Intention, Shoes, Soul Revealing, Taught, Vocabulary, Win
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Thought For the Day: In A Series of Acts of Kindness There Is, At Last, One Which Makes the Heart Run Over
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over. So in a series of acts of kindness there is, at … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts, Drop By Drop, Fill, Form, Friendship, Heart, James Boswell, Kindness, Precise Moment, Run Over, Series, Tell, Thought For the Day, Vessel
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First Principles: Bear One Another’s Burdens, and So Fulfill the Law of Christ
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” – Galatians 6:2 (NIV)
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Tagged Bear, Burdens, Christ, First Principles, Fulfill, Galatians 6:2, Law, One Another
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The Singularity of the Immersive
The Singularity of the Immersiveby Michael DoyleThe virtual offers its trailing breadcrumbsPushing forward into spaces where the mind numbsThrough the effort of examining its potential The path walked has become quite consequential This platform of mixed media is greater than … Continue reading
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Tagged Accent, Acceptance, Anonymity, Art, Artist, Black and White, Breadcrumbs, Calculated, Complexity, Consequential, Contemporary, Data, Direct Look, Drum, Embrace, Enhanced Sights, Extemporary, Face, Formation, Glimpses, Immersive, Impression, Kinetic, Mind, Mixed Media, Music, Numb, Observation, Path, Platform, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Preparation, Prints, Rejection, Respect, Shades, Simplicity, Singularity, Space, Stylistic Work, Sum, Virtual, Vision, Well Versed
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A Humble Servant’s Inquiry
A Humble Servant’s Inquiryby Michael DoyleIs it rebellious to question?I ask this in humblest confessionWe wish only that those we loveMight escape a little longer from heaven aboveWhile others wish for that deathThrough the struggle of wounded breathA second prayer … Continue reading
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Tagged Become, Blemish, Children, Confession, Conquest, Death, Eternity, God, Heaven Above, Holy Rain, Humble Servant, Inquiry, Life's Journey, Love, Merciful End, Mirror, Noble Quest, Paid In Full, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Question, Rebel, Redeem, Rest, Second Prayer, Servant's Request, Struggle, Test, Wish, Wounded Breath, Younger Self
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Thought For the Day: People of Modest Talent Can Attract Attention, At Least For A While, By Being Unrelentingly Offensive
“[Film and theater critic John] Simon has simply discovered the trick used with great effectiveness by certain comedians, talk show hosts and punk rock musicians: people of modest talent can attract attention, at least for a while, by being unrelentingly … Continue reading
