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El Shaddai
El Shaddaiby Michael Doyle He is my refuge of my safetyIn how I put my trust in theeKeeping my peace and trustIn He who is always just El Shaddai quietly advancesIn all of life’s circumstancesAll of the world makes us … Continue reading
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Tagged Advance, Circumstances, El Shaddai, Fortress, Heavens Above, Holy Words, Inspired, Just, Life, Lord, Need, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Read, Refuge, Sacred Love, Safety, Strength, Tall, Tired, Trust, Walk, We, Wilderness, World
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First Principles: Judges Minds Should Not Be Distracted With Jarring Interests; They Should Not Be Dependent Upon Any Man, Or Body of Men
“[Judges’] minds should not be distracted with jarring interests; they should not be dependent upon any man, or body of men.” – John Adams (1776) Turning to violence and threats to impose the will of some over a majority of … Continue reading
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Tagged Any Man, Body of Men, Dependent, Distract, First Principles, Jarring Interests, John Adams, Judges, Minds
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Thought For the Day: Neither Genius, Fame, Nor Love Show the Greatness of the Soul. Only Kindness Can Do That
“Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.” -Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, preacher, journalist, and activist (12 May 1802-1861)
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Tagged -Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Fame, Genius, Greatness, Kindness, Love, Neither, Show, Soul, Thought For the Day
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Pragmatic Inferences
Pragmatic Inferencesby Michael DoylePragmatic inferencesHave all the meaningTo communicating As a human beingSystematic rulesTo all that we are sayingLaid outLike cards that we are playingGarden pathsOf quiet accidentShow a mapOf living inside this incidentWe fill out and inOur partial perceptionsBlind … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Arbitrary Symbols, Blind Spots, Cards, Communicating, Duality, False Reception, Fill In, Garden Paths, Human Being, Incident, Inferences, Laid Out, Map, Meaning, Meanings, Partial Perceptions, Patterns, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pragmatic, Say, Share, Smatterings, Systematic Rules, Trigger
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First Principles: The Sacred Rights of Mankind…Are Written…In the Whole Volume of Human Nature, By the Hand of the Divinity Itself
“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Difference Between False Memories and True Ones Is the Same As For Jewels: It Is Always the False Ones That Look the Most Real, The Most Brilliant
“The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.” -Salvador Dali, painter (11 May 1904-1989)
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Tagged Briliant, Difference, False, Jewels, Look, Memories, Real, Salvador Dali, Same, Thought For the Day, True Ones
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Thought For the Day: The Higher Up You Go, the More Mistakes You Are Allowed. Right At the Top, If You Make Enough of Them, It’s Considered To Be Your Style
“The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your style.” – Fred Astaire, dancer, actor, singer, musician, and choreographer (10 May 1899-1987)
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Tagged Allowed, Consider, Enough, Fred Astaire, Higher, More Mistakes, Style, Thought For the Day, Top
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First Principles: Among the Natural Rights (of the People) Are There: First, A Right To Life, Secondly, To Liberty; Thirdly to Property
“Among the natural rights [of the people] are these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can.” – Samuel Adams (1772)
A Silent Genesis
A Silent Genesisby Michael DoyleMy new obsessionHas a silent genesisIn the maelstromOf ghosts and typhoonsBeyond our bodiesWe rest in eupnea Pure reason’s revolutionFlies on the wings of a dead butterflyLost in the fathoms Between the hammer and anvilIs the dark … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassadors, Apprentices, Believers, Between, Beyond, Bodies, Butterfly, Color, Dark Third, Eupnea, Fathoms, Genesis, Ghosts, Hammer and Anvil, Maelstrom, Magic, Morning, Obsession, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Pure Reason, Revolution, Silent, Stronger, Survive, Typhoons, Universe, Void, Willows, Wings, World
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