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Michelle’s Poem (A Poem for A Friend)
Michelle’s Poem (A Poem for A Friend)by Michael DoyleShe’s not beyond magicTo believe otherwiseWould be something tragicYou can see it in her eyesShe’s got a laughFor every seasonIn her way of knowingBeyond all reasonIn that sunshine wayShe holds the world … Continue reading
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First Principles: Religion In A Family Is At Once Its Brightest Ornament and Its Best Security
“Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament & its best Security.” – Samuel Adams, letter to Thomas Wells, 1780
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Thought For the Day: If You Talk To A Man In A Language He Understands, That Goes To His Head. If You Talk To Him In His Language, That Goes To His Heart
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
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Thought For the Day: Take Away the Heritage of A People and They Are Easily Destroyed
“Take away the heritage of a people and they are easily destroyed.” – Karl Marx Large protest at Jefferson High School; another group topples Washington statue on Sandy Blvd. | kgw.com
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First Principles: The Whole World Would Gain By Setting Commerce At Perfect Liberty
“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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Reflections On Dorian Gray VI: Tethered Leashes
Reflections On Dorian Gray VI: Tethered Leashesby Michael DoyleA slit-throat bloodied scarf knows its sacrilegeAs Dorian’s portrait holds his stains like privilegeHiding what’s done in the waters by the river bankIt offers little good to say about position and rankUntil … Continue reading
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Tagged Burn, Cerberus, Darkness, Death, Dorian Gray, Eternity, Existence, Grave, Illumination, Lost Children, Poetry and Poems, Portrait, Prayers, Rank, Reflections, Revelry, River, Scarf, Scarilege, Soul, Tale, Tethered Leashes, Warn
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First Principles: No Pecuniary Consideration Is More Urgent, Than the Regular Redemption and Discharge of the Public Debt; On None Can Delay Be More Injurious
“No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable.” – George Washington, Message to the House of Representatives, 1793
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Thought For the Day: There Can Be No Compromise On Basic Principles
“There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
Building Up One Another
Building Up One Anotherby Michael DoyleWe must always build up one anotherRecalling that each is either sister or brotherThose things we don’t understand comes down to fearBut holding each other up is to persevere Our own fears and doubts held … Continue reading
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