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Thought For the Day: Become A Child Again At Christmastime
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder
First Principles: Never Suppose That In Any Possible Situation, Or Under Any Circumstances, It Is Best For You To Do A Dishonorable Thing, However Slightly So It May Appear To You
“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you … Continue reading
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Tagged Appear, Best, Circumstances, Dishonorable, Earth, Fame, First Principles, Immoral Act, Money, Science, Situation, Slightly, Suppose, Thomas Jefferson
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In the Infinite Depth
In the infinite Depthby Michael DoyleIn the infinite depthOf this emotionMy love for youIs deeper than the oceanMy hope rests inWhat it is that I cherishDreaming that it Will never perishAnd that as our loveKnows its high and lowsThat it … Continue reading
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Tagged Always Be, Always Be the One, Cherish, Deeper, Depth, Dreaming, Ebb, Emotion, Flow, Full Moon, High, Hope, I know, Infinite, Know, Light, Loom of Fate, Love, Low, My Hope, My Love, Neither of Us, Never Let You Go, Never Perish, Night, No One, Ocean, Our Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recall, Rests, Run, Sees All, Shimmer, Truth, Waits, You, Your Eyes, Your Love
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First Principles: May the Father of All Mercies Scatter Light, and Not Darkness, Upon Our Paths
“May the Father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths.” – George Washington
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Tagged Due Time, Father, First Principles, George Washington, Happy, His, Light, Mercy, Not Darkness, Paths, Scatter, Useful, Vocations, Way
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Thought For the Day: There Is No Frigate Like A Book To Take Us Lands Away, Nor Any Coursers Like Page of Prancing Poetry
“There is no frigate like a book / To take us lands away, / Nor any coursers like a page / Of prancing poetry.” -Emily Dickinson, poet (10 Dec 1830-1886
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Tagged Bears, Book, Chariot, Coursers, Emily Dickinson, Frigate, Frugal, Human Soul, Lands, Oppress, Page, Poetry, Poor, Prancing, Thought For the Day, Toll, Traverse
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Thought For the Day: Christmas Is Not A Time Nor A Season, But A State of Mind. To Cherish Peace and Goodwill, To Be Plenteous In Mercy, Is To Have A Real Spirit of Christmas
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” – Calvin Coolidge
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Tagged Calvin Coolidge, Cherish, Christmas, Goodwill, Mercy, Peace, Plenteous, Season, State of Mind, The Real Spirit of Christmas, Thought For the Day, Time
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First Principles: Enlightened Statesmen Will Not Always Be At the Helm
“Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.” – James Madison (1787)
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Beauty’s Brutality
Beauty’s Brutalityby Michael DoyleIn the deeps of Finland’s heartThe land lies in its darknessBathed in the Northern LightFrom where whispers of hope startAgainst the chilling harshnessBelow winter’s frosted nightSummer has been quick and fleetingTo thrive here takes endurance and courageWorn … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: My Idea of Christmas, Whether Old-Fashioned or Modern, Is Very Simple: Loving Others. Come To Think of It, Why Do We Have To Wait For Christmas To Do That?
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” – Bob Hope
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Tagged Bob Hope, Christmas, Do That, Idea, Loving Others, Modern, Old-Fashioned, Simple, Think, Thought For the Day, Wait, Why
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First Principles: The Present Constitution Is the Standard To Which We Are To Cling…Rejecting All Changes But Through the Channel Itself Provides For Amendments
“The present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes — rejecting all changes but through the channel itself provides for amendments.” – Alexander Hamilton (1802)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, All Changes, Amendment, Banners, Bona Fide, Channel, Cling, Combat, Constitution, First Principles, Political Foes, Present, Reject, Standard, Under
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