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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Fact
It’s a natural born fact That it’s more than an act Manufactured news isn’t new Yet, it misleads me and you Propaganda is misery’s tool Destined to create a land of fools When alleged facts make no sense It’s up … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Built, Daily Prompt, Dealt, Fact, Land of Fools, Manufactured News, Mislead, Pretense, Propaganda, Sense, Society, Wordpress
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First Principles: Democracy Degenerates Into Anarchy Without Subordination to Morality
“Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchy, Degenerates, Democracy, First Principles, John Adams, Liberty, Life, Morality, Property, Reputation, Security, Subordination, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: Integrity Without Knowledge Is Weak; Knowledge Without Integrity Is Dreadful
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” —Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
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Tagged Balance, Cohesion, Dangerous, Dreadful, Integrity, Knowledge, Samuel Johnson, Useless, Weak
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First Principles: Our Republic’s Most Sacred Duty Is An Inviolable Respect for the Constitution and Laws
“If it be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would be, An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws – the first growing out of the last.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Constitution, Duty, First Principles, Laws, Republic, Respect, Sacred
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Thought For the Day: Children Require Nurturing and Cultivation
“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds.” – Luther Burbank, horticulturist (7 Mar 1849-1926)
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Tagged Attention, Children, Cultivation, Jungle, Luther Burbank, Neglect, Nurturing, Plants, Thought For the Day, Weeds
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Sonic Gems: Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
Born on May 24, 1941, American singer-songwriter, author and painter, Robert Allen Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan has been an influence on American music and culture for over five decades. During the 1960s, he was cast into the role of being … Continue reading
Crumbled Down
Crumbled Down by Michael Romani Crumbled down by my years Broken down in my tears No longer lost up in my fears Now, I live reflected in Godly mirrors I’ve been taught my lessons No longer am I hesitating Find … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken, Celebration, Crumble, Dedication, Fears, Godly, Guidance, Inspiration, Know, Lessons, Mirrors, Open Invitation, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Stillness, Tears, Truth, Years
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Edgar Allan Poe – The Raven
On the memorialization of the date on which Edgar Allen Poe was expulsed from West Point, it is perhaps natural that we should consider the life of American write, editor and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe. During his fairly short … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliteration, Edgar Allan Poe, Harvard Classics, Lenore, Macabre, Madness, Mystery, Narrative Poem, Pallas, Romanticism, The Raven
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Branch
There is beauty in so many surprising things Unexpected joy that makes the heart sing Everywhere it is there waiting to be found If we’d only look for it as it surrounds An exposure of gnarled branches in a ravine … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Branch, Daily Prompt, Dream, Drop, Gnarled Branches, Heart Song, Life, Ocean, Pause, Peace, Poetry In Motion, Ravine, Reflection, Strife, Surprising, Surrounding, Tales, Trails, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: It Took Five Billion Years To Make Man
“It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man!” – George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist (4 Mar 1904-1968) … Continue reading
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Tagged Atoms, George Gamow, Hours, Mankind, Millions, Thought For the Day, Universe, Years
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