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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Conservation: The Greatest Good To the Greatest Number of People For the Longest Time
“The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time.” – Gifford Pinchot
First Principles: The Belief In A God All Powerful Wise and Good, Is So Essential To the Moral Order of the World and To the Happiness of Man
“The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted … Continue reading
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Tagged Arguments, First Principles, God, Happiness of Man, James Madison, Moral Order, Soruces, Wise and Good
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Look At What The Shrewd Have Done
Look At What the Shrewd Have Doneby Michael DoyleOh, look with sadness on what the shrewd have done.Didn’t Jesus warn all to never hurt even a single one?Say the words of innocence that we’ve come to despise.Those on Epstein’s Island … Continue reading
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Tagged Atone, Bible, Children, Christianity, Despise, Done, Epstein's Island, Faith, God, Hurt, Innocence, Jesus, Lies, Look, Poetry and Poems, Precious Gifts, Sadness, Sin, Single One, Triggered Memories, World
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Thought For the Day: Our Dilemma Is That We Hate Change and Love It At the Same Time; What We Really Want Is For Things To Remain the Same But Get Better
“Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” – Sydney J. Harris
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Tagged Better, Change, Dilemma, Hate, Love, Remain the Sam, Same Tme, Sydney J. Harris, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: America Will Never Be Destroyed From the Outside. If We Falter and Lose Our Freedoms, It Will Be Because We Destroyed Ourselves
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln (Look at the election results in NYC, Seattle, Portland, and elsewhere. We are voting in … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, America, Destruction, First Principles, Freedoms, Ourselves, Outside
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Fully Present In the Past
Fully Present In the Pastby Michael DoyleRage bait and other angry fillsHave long ceased being thrills.No one has asked for my tainted advice,But I think it’s long past time to offer mine.Let’s not be rattled by our every whim.Instead, let’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Fills, Authority, Chaos, Courage, Discourage, Eyes of a Child, Fully Present, Goodness, Inner Strength, Know, Past, Poetry and Poems, Profile, Rage Bait, Reel, Strife, Tainted Adviice, Thrill, Whim
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Thought For the Day: We Are Made Wise Not By the Recollection of Our Past, But By the Responsibility For Our Future
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” – George Bernard Shaw
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Tagged Future, George Bernard Shaw, Past, Recollection, Responsibility, Thought For the Day, We, Wise
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First Principles: To Argue With A Person Who Has Renounced the Use of Reason Is Like Administering Medicine To the Dead
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” – Thomas Paine (In this age where each of us are prone to believe all views opposed to our own are … Continue reading
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Tagged Argue, Dead, First Principles, Holiays, Medicine, Persons, Reason, Renounce, Thomas Paine
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Of Harmony and Division
Of Harmony and Divisionby Michael DoyleThere in all the bold stories told Of early Christians in days of old,Paul found too many walking in false divisionAnd this led to words of needed admonition.The quality of the church family’s worshipComes down … Continue reading
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Tagged amily, Christinaity, Church, Division, Dvision, Harmony, Paul, Poetry and Poems, Unity
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