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Thought For the Day: Love of Beauty and Reverence for Tradition Make for the Best of Art
“The scientific spirit, the contempt of tradition, the lack of discipline and the exaltation of the individual have very nearly made an end of art. It can only be restored by the love of beauty, the reverence for tradition, the … Continue reading
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Letters on the English – Voltaire
Letters On the English or in French Lettres Philosophiques is a series of essays from Voltaire based on his time living in England from 1726 through 1729. These essays were first published in 1733 and are sometimes compared and contrasted with … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Happy Labor Day!
“What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our … Continue reading
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Treaty with Great Britain (1783)
On September 3, 1783, the American Revolutionary War ended with the formal treaty recognizing the United States of America as a sovereign nation. The treaty set the boundaries between the British Empire in North America and our new republic. It … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Duty of the Artist Is To Send Light Into the Darkness
“To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.” – Robert Schumann If there were one overwhelming prayer in my heart with respect to my photographic art and word play it is that … Continue reading
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Tagged Artist, Crisis, Darkness, Duty, Illumination, Light, Opportunity, Pass On, Pay Forward, Prayer, Robert Schuman, Send, Shoulders of Giants, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: All For Love – John Dryden
John Dryden dominated the literary life of the Restoration Period of England so much so that some refer to this period as the Age of Dryden. He was an English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright. In fact, he was … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Those Who Don’t Want to Disclose Truth Have Something To Hide
“The only people who don’t want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.” – Barak Obama Can I get a witness? Calling Mr. Barak Obama to the witness stand. His presidency is over. We can now subpoena … Continue reading
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Tagged Deceit, Disclose, Lies, Obama, Scandal, Thought For the Day, Truth, Work Place Violence
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Fruits of Solitude – William Penn
“They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies. Nor can spirits ever be divided, that love and live in the same divine principle, the root and record of their friendship. If … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: There Is No Objective Good Without God
“If there is no God, everything is permissible.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in The Brothers Karamazov At first blush this is resounding battle cry for atheists and moral relativists alike. That is until you stop and think on it a moment. … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Bad, Bloodbath, Evil, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Good, History, Objective, Permissible, Sin, The Brothers Karamazov, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The American Scholar – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometimes throughout modern Western culture, if not elsewhere, important published essays begin their literary life as important speeches. This is the case with many essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The particular essay we will look at today is The American … Continue reading
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