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Samson III
Based in part on the Book of Judges: Samson III by Michael Romani III A judge to this world would arise As deliverer of prophecy advised Vengeance born to be God’s hands And take back the Promised Lands He was … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Book of Judges, Desire, Doubt, Forsake, God's Will, Just, Mytsify, Nazirite, Other, Peace, People, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promised Land, Prophecy, Release, Samson, Take, Trap, Trip, Vengeance, Vow, Weep, Wire, World
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Samson II
Based in part on the Book of Judges: Samson II by Michael Romani A time it was that had come When the Philistines of Gaza had plenty But, God’s children had next to none Save the for when the evil … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Baal, Cry, Death, Desert, End, Fight, Fogot, Gaza, Gift, God, God's Children, God's Will, Heathen, Hebrew, Heresy, Holy Ways, Hour, Hunger, Mercy, Peace, Philistine, Photograph, Plunder, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pure, Raid, Samson, Scroll, Slave, Sun, Sword, The Book of Judges, Tyranny, Vault
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Samson I
Based in part on The Book of Judges 16: Samson by Michael Romani After four hundred years Entered into the Promised Land Traces of laughter and tears Have made the people forget who commands Turning their backs on God The … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Book of Judges, Born, Conqure, Evil, Example, Forgot, Free, Gaza, God, God's People, Goodness, Israel, Liberty, Philistines, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promised Land, Prophecy, Samson, Slave, Temple, Torah, Treasure
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First Principles: Standing Armies Cannot Impose Unjust Laws When the People Are Sufficiently Armed
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Armed, Disarm, Europe, First Principles, Noah Webster, Rule, Standing Army, Supreme Power, Sword, The People, United States, Unjust Law
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Thought For the Day: Take Away the Heritage of A People and They Are Easily Destroyed
“The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. … Take away the heritage of a people and they are easily destroyed.” – Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto (1848) I would offer that eradicating … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: A Writer Who States There Is No Truth or That Truth Is Relative Should Not Be Believed
“A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.” – Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey
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Tagged Ask, Believe, Moden Philosophy, No Truth, Relative, Roger Scruton, Thought For the Day, Writer
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First Principles: Every Effort Should Be Made To Encourage and Exalt the Children To Become Their Best Potential
“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and … Continue reading
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Tagged Activity, Care, Children, Contempt of Meanness, Courage, Elevate, Exalt, First Principles, Grovel, Industry, Infancy, John Adams, Lives, Mind
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First Principles: Federal Law Must Be Equitable To All Parts of Our Nation
“History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamn Franklin, Error, Favor, First Principles, History, Law, Measure, Policy, Prejudice, Prosecution, Ruin
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Thought For the Day: We Not Only Want To See Beauty But To Become Part of It
“‘We do not want merely to see beauty… we want something else which can hardly be put into words – to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bath, Beauty, C.S. Lewis, Part, Pass, Receive, See, Thought For the Day, Unite, We
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Questioning Prayers
From time to time, a soul is shaken into questioning things even convictions firmly held. Questioning Prayers by Michael Romani Questioning prayers Questioning the Divine Caught in emotional snares Laid like cerebral landmines Poems to all its owed To dreams … Continue reading
