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First Principles: The Two Most Powerful Warriors Are Patience and Time
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government and Civil Society
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison, in The Federalist Papers, … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Society, End, Federalist Papers, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Justice, Liberty, Lost, Obtain, Pursue, Pursuit
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Thought For the Day: We Have To Move Forward and Get People Back To Some Sense of Normalcy
“We don’t have a choice. We have to move forward and get people back to some sense of normalcy.” – Dan Crenshaw To live in fear, boxed in without hope, without pursuing our dreams and loves and all the goodness … Continue reading
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Tagged Choice, Dan Crenshaw, Move Forward, Normalcy, People, Sense, Thought For the Day, We
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First Principles: When Planning For Posterity, Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)
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Green Tea Haiku
From the prompt tea at the Fantasy Faire in Second Life: I love to visit Drinking my morning’s green tea Quiet morning’s blossoms fall
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Tagged Blossom, Drink, Fall, Green Tea, Haiku, Love, Morning, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Quiet, Tea, Visit
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A Life In Size
The saga of Dracula continues: A Life In Size by Michael Doyle In the dark castle hangs her face A painting of the sunlight he once embraced Hidden within were passages of a maze Guarded from the sun that continues … Continue reading
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Tagged Artist, Belief, Blame, Blaze, Blessing, Blood, Broken, Castle, Cave, Creatures of the Night, Cryptic, Darkness, Dead, Death, Devil, Dracula, Eat, End, Ending, Evil, Eyes, Face, Faith, Glow, Good, Gory, Guard, Guess, Hang, Hope, Hunger, Immortal, Immortality, Know, Language, Life, Light, Love, Loveless Marriage, Lucifer, Maze, Monster, Mortal, Pain, Painting, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Quest, Roof, Safety, Saga, Save, Secret, Shock, Sight, Size, Sky, Story, Sun, Sung, Sunlight, Taste, Time, Touch, Truth, Understood, Undone, Unspoken, Vampire, Warmth
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Sunshine On A Rainy Day
Day 26th of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo and the optional prompt is to write an almanac poem using: Almanac Questionnaire Weather: Rainy Day Flora: Marsh Roses Architecture: Limestone Customs: Pork Tenderloin Mammals/reptiles/fish: Sandhill Cranes Childhood dream: Becoming the president Found on … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 Hour News Cycle, Address, Amish, Art Museum, Bats, Belong, Bicycle, Clever, Crossroads, Desiree, Dream, Dress, Einstein, Escape, Fear, Feel, Forever, Graffiti, Heart, Here, Hometown, Hunch, Indiana, Kim Jong Un, Know, Lack, Limestone, Look, Love, Love Letters, Marsh Rose, Mine, Moon and Back, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poisoned Toads, Pork Tenderloin, President, Promise, Rain, Rainy Day, Sandhill Cranes, Space, Speculation, Street Lights, Sunday, Sunshine, SUV, Sweet Love, Thoughts, Three Thousand Miless, Window, Winnie the Pooh, Write
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First Principles: We Have No Government With Power Capable of Contending With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading
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Tagged Address to the Military, Contend, First Principles, Government, Human Passions, John Adams, Morality, Power, Religion, Unbridled
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Thought For the Day: Everyday Language Is A Part of the Human Organism and Is No Less Complicated Than It
“Everyday language is a part of the human organism and is no less complicated than it.” – Ludwig Wittgensteinn, philosopher (26 Apr 1889-1951)
