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First Principles: Virtue Is the Foundation of A Free Constitution
“The only foundation of a free Constitution is pure virtue.” – John Adams (1776) A person seems to keep wanting me to say something more than the founders of our republic said. The choice posed to me is am I … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, First Principles, Foundation, Freedom, John Adams, Private Virtue, Public Virtue, Purity, Republic, Virtue
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Sonic Gems: The Isley Brothers – The Heat Is On
Formed in the 1950s, the Cincinnati, Ohio vocal group, The Isley Brothers originally started as a gospel group before having one of the longest, most influential and diverse careers in modern American popular music. In 1959, the group came … Continue reading
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Tagged Doo-Wop, Funk, Gospel, Shout, Sonic Gems, Soul, The Heat Is On, The Isley Brothers, This Old Heart of Mine, Twist and Shout
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The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny by Michael Romani She didn’t know how to die Only how to give away death The story revolves as to why Perhaps, it is all she had left The modality of a perfect nanny For two quickly … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Death, Die, Family, Grisly, Immigrant, Parents, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Red Flags, Return to Work, The Perfect Nanny, Travesty
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Puzzled
With a lift of my glass, sometimes sipped sometimes guzzled I give you a look that tells you that I’m quietly puzzled The proposition is that it’s from the puzzles of the past That we find the answers that raise … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridge, Daily Prompt, Discovery, Door, Future, Guzzled, Key, Life, Love, Past, Perspective, Predictive, Puzzled, Reflection, Shadow, Wordpress
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First Principles: Mental Stimulation Promotes the Wealth of Nations
“To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted.” – Alexander Hamilton (1791) … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Cherish, Economy, Enterprise, Expedients, Human Minds, Promote, Stimulate, Wealth
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Thought For the Day: It Is the Flaws That Helps Create Beauty
“The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.” – Havelock Ellis, physician, writer, and social reformer (2 Feb 1859-1939)
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Tagged Absence, Abstraction, Beauty, Flaw, Havelock Ellis, Thought For the Day, Truth
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Sir Thomas Malory – The Holy Grail
First published in 1485, Le Morte d’Arthur or The Death of Arthur is a reworking of existing tales by Sir Thomas Malory that pertain to King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and other tales about the Knights of the Round Table. He … Continue reading
