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First Principles: The Foundation of National Morality Must Be Laid In Private Families
“The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families. … In vain are schools, academies, and universities instituted, if loose principles and licentious habits are impressed upon children in their earliest years.” – John Adams (1778)
Thought For the Day: I Learned Long Ago That Being Lewis Carroll Was Infinitely More Exciting Than Being Alice
“I learned long ago that being Lewis Carroll was infinitely more exciting than being Alice.” – Joyce Carol Oates, writer (b. 16 Jun 1938)
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Tagged Alice, Exciting, Infinite, Joyce Carol Oates, Learned, Lewis Carroll, Long Ago, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: He Who Permits Himself To Tell A Lie Once, Finds It…Becomes Habitual
“There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Contemptible, Easy, First Principles, Habitual, Length, Lie, Mean, Permit, Pitiful, Thomas Jefferson, Vice
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A Future of Self Deceives
A Future of Self Deceivesby Michael DoyleIn a chipped future of self deceivesIt’s hard to say what a fool believesThere it is in a billion lines of codeSentient in being, created life unfoldsAs a computational theocracy brings its lightShining on … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Chatbot, Chip, Computational Theocracy, Data, Deceive, Delusion, Distinctions, Dreams, Engineer, Existence, Fantasy, Feelings, Future, Hesitation, Just-So Story, Leading Questions, Life Unfolds, Light, Lines of Code, Poetry and Poems, Revealing, Robot, Sentient, Shatter, Someday Soon, Tangoed Code, Technical Data, True Sentience, Tumbling Down
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First Principles: The Right To Freedom Being the Gift of God Almighty, It Is Not the Power of Man To Alienate This Gift
“If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alienate, Eternal Law of Reason, Fear, First Principles, Fraud, Gift of God, Mankind, Mistake, Natural Right, Power of Man, Renounce, Right To Freedom, Samuel Adams, Slave, Society, Voluntarily
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Thought For the Day: To A Father Growing Old, Nothing Is Dearer Than A Daughter
“To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” -Euripides, playwright (c. 480-406 BCE)
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First Principles: The Root of the Kingdom Is In the State. The Root of the State Is In the Family. The Root of the Family Is In the Person of Its Head.
“The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.” – Mencius
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Tagged Choose Righteousness, Family, First Principles, Head, Kingdom, Let Life Go, Life, Mencius, Person, Righteousness, Root, State, Two Together
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Thought For the Day: Everyone Confesses That Exertion Which Brings Out All the Powers of Body and Mind Is the Best Thing For US
“Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much … Continue reading
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Tagged Body, Circumstances, Confess, Everyone, Exertion, General Rule, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mind, Powers, Thought For the Day
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Turning the Impossible
Turning the Impossibleby Michael DoyleIn all of our daysLet us lift our voices in praiseLike the Lion of JudahRaises our valleysAnd lowers our mountainsGaining vantage that we might seeTurning our impossibleInto all our needed miraclesWith the faith of a mustard … Continue reading
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Tagged Days, Faith, Final Say, God, Humility, Impossible, Light, Lion of Judah, Lives, Miracles, Mountains, Mustard Seed, Need, Nowhere, Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pride, See, Sees All, Sense, Shine, Trust, Turning, Unbreakable, Unmovable, Valleys, Way
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently, and According To Their Circumstances; To Protect Them According To the Dictates of Prudence
“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading
