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Thought For the Day: Antifa and Other Violent Persons Are Not Heroes But Bigots
“Do not glorify the violent people who are now tearing down the statues. Many of these people, not all of them, many of these people are trying to tear down America. Antifa is a radical, anti-America, anti-free market, communist, socialist, … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Letters of Pliny the Younger
On August 24, 79 A.D., Pliny witnessed the eruption of Vesuvius. His uncle, Pliny the Elder, passed away attempting to both investigation this horrendous event but also in helping fellow refugees. In respect for that, we thought we should take … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Our Lives Are the Clay From Which We Create
“A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artist, Better Place, Experience, Feelings, Jorge Luis Borges, Purpose, Raw Material, Thought For the Day, Writer
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – On the Sublime and the Beautiful – Edmund Burke
The full title for Edmund Burke’s philosophical exposition on separating the beautiful and the sublime into separate categories is A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful. This major work was studied by … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Two Years Before the Mast – Dana
We have previously discussed this work to some degree and that post is worth reviewing in reference to the below provided reading and/or audiobook. This post will serve to flesh out some further details. But keep in mind that there … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Horn, Dana, Harvard, Harvard Classics, Measles, Two Years Before the Mast
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Thought For the Day: The Fullness of Joy Must Be Divided
“To get the full value of joy You must have someone to divide it with.” – Mark Twain
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Tagged Divide, Give, Joy, Love, Share, Someone, Thought For the Day, Value
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Book Eight
There are many ways to tell a story. This is true even if the story is an autobiography. No greater proof of this could be found than the 13 books that form Confessions. At the age of 40 or so in … Continue reading
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Tagged Autobiography, Christian, Harvard Classics, Repentence, Sin, St Augustine, The Confessions, Theology
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Thought For the Day: The Reappearance of Light Is the Survival of the Soul
“Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Dawn, Eclipse, Reappearance, Resurrection, Retun, Soul, Survival, Thought For the Day, Victor Hugo
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Paradise Lost – John Milton
John Milton was a 17th Century English poet. He is considered one of greatest of the English poets ever. His major work is said to be Paradise Lost. It is an epic poem written in blank verse and consists depending on … Continue reading
