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Thought For Today: The Modern World Requires Personal Initiative and Adaptability
“A society which is mobile, which is full of channels for the distribution of a change occurring anywhere, must see to it that its members are educated to personal initiative and adaptability. Otherwise, they will be overwhelmed by the changes … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaption, Change, Connections, John Dewey, Modern, Overwhelmed, Perception, Personal Initative, Significant, Thought For the Day, World
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – On Old Age – Cicero
“The works of Nature must all be accounted good.” In approximately 44 BC, Cicero was starting to get a little older and thinking on things like older guys often do only more eloquently put. From this resulted the essay, On Old … Continue reading
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Tagged Aging, Cicero, Death, Essay, Harvard Classics, On Old Age
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Thought For the Day: Error Is Often Replaced By Another Error…
“The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth — that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when … Continue reading
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Tagged Error, H.L. Mencken, History, Opposite, Overlap, Thought For the Day, Truth
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Thought For the Day: Language Is the Tie That Binds
“Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, Affections, Dictionary, Intellectuals, Langauge, Noah Webster, Tastes, Thought For the Day
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Sonic Gems: U2 – The Joshua Tree
Even prior to the Us Festival appearance of U2, I was certain there was a special musical essence to this band. Some of my harder rocking friends believed that I had lost my way on this one. All these many … Continue reading
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Tagged Bono, Irish, Post Punk, Sonic Gems, The Edge, The Joshua Tree, U2, US Festival
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Essays By Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt was an English critic, essayist, poet and writer who lived from October 19, 1784 to August 28, 1859. Hunt is unknown by his distinctive charm and perceptive judgments. This was particularly true of his insights … Continue reading
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Tagged Essayist, Essays, Harvard Classics, Insight, Leigh Hunt, Poetry
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Thought For the Day: Science Is Not A Matter of Consensus
“In questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” —Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Does anyone remember when the Left was all about questioning authority? Does anyone remember that science is best … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Consensus, Crisis, Emprical Observation, Galileo Galilei, Marx, Reasoning, Saul Alinsky, Science
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Sonic Gems: Tangerine Dream – Rubycon
Rubycon is the breathtaking nod to primitive electronica released as Tangerine Dream’s sixth studio album in 1975. The highly experimental Krautrock band managed to be quietly cosmic in a progressive manner while sticking to a proto-punk minimalism that said … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Romantic Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley
He was one of the major English Romantic poets and lived from August 4, 1792 to July 8, 1822. He is considered by many as one of the best lyric poets and definitely one of the most influential. A radical … Continue reading
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Tagged Fame, Harvard Classics, Lodestone, Lyric Poet, Poetry, Radical, Shelley, To A Skylark
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