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First Principles: Knowledge Is, In Every Country, the Surest Basis of Public Happiness
“Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness.” – George Washington (1790)
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Thought for the Day: Courage Is the Price That Life Exacts For Granting Peace. The Soul That Knows It Not, Knows No Release From Little Things
“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things.” – Amelia Earhart, aviator (24 Jul 1897-1937)
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Dwelling Richly
Dwelling Richlyby Michael DoyleStanding there caught amidst my sighI raise my hands up to the skyGiving myself in prayerful conversationIn the truth of my greatest relationIn an echo of God’s word, lived in my lifeI turn further toward peace, away … Continue reading
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Tagged Best, Boy, Connection, Conversation, Direction, Dwell, Echo, God's Will, Journey, Man, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Relation, Richly, Sigh, Sky
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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of Truth: the Truth That Lights the Way and the Truth That Warms The Heart. The First of These Is Science, and the Second is Art
“There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Chandler, Heart, Important, Independent, Inhuman, Light, Other, Raymond Thornton, Ridiculous, Science, Thought For the Day, Truth, Two Kinds, Warm, Way
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First Principles: Trust In the Lord With All Your Heart, and Do Not Lean On Your Own Understanding
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” – Proverbs 3:5
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Thought For the Day: There Are Basically Two Types of People. People Who Accomplish Things, and People Who Claim to Have Accomplished Things
“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.” – Mark Twain
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First Principles: Laws, To Be Just, Must Give A Reciprocation of Right; That, Without This, They Are Mere Arbitrary Rules of Conduct, Founded In Force
“We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience” – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on … Continue reading
Raised Small Town
Raised Small Townby Michael DoyleI was raised all around this world, you seeBelieving in America and our cherished libertyWherever it was that my family might be foundWe stood up straight and chased truth aroundUntil we caught it by its length … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Believe, Better Person, Cherish, Conceive, Deal Fairly, Duplicity, Equal Opportunity, Family, Found, Liberty, Merit and Character, Nation, Neighbors, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Prevail, Principles, Raised, Raised Up Right, Rich In Soul, Right Walk, See, Skin, Small Town, Smile, Stand, Straight, Tail, Truth, Win, World
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Thought For the Day: The Man Who Has Begun To Live More Seriously Within Begins To Live More Simply Without
“The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.” – Ernest Hemingway, author, journalist, Nobel laureate (21 Jul 1899-1961)
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First Principles: It Is Necessary For Every American…To Endeavor To Stop the Dissemination of Principles, ..Destructive of the Cause For Which They Have Bled
“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people … Continue reading
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Tagged Bled, Cause, Civil and Religious Rights, Destructive, Dissemination, Endeavor, Energy, Every American, First Principles, Form, Government, Mercy Warren, Necessary, Principles, Tyranny
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