Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: The Mind and Heart Both Need To Be Educated

Posted on July 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” – Aristotle On the importance of learning, teaching and sharing ethical values: http://pages.stolaf.edu/ein/getting-started/why-study-ethics/ Should you wish to read Ethics by Aristotle, it may be read in its entirety here: … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: 1001 Nights – The Story Told By the Tailor

Posted on July 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

When I was a child, my mother had taught me how to read even before I went to kindergarten. She did so through telling my sister and I stories from a variety of sources and embarrassingly perhaps by allowing me … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Christianity Brings Political and Spiritual Freedom

Posted on July 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Tom Paine generally took a critical stance when dealing with religion and the church, but in 1775, in an essay entitled, “Thoughts on Defensive War” he wrote as follows: “In the barbarous ages of the world, men in general had … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The United States Declaration of Independence

Posted on July 4, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Declaration of Independence declared this on behalf of the rebellious thirteen American colonies from the Kingdom of Great Britain as thirteen sovereign states that joined together as the United States of America. Most of us celebrate this on July 4, 1776. … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Free Speech Is the Greatest Freedom

Posted on July 4, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.” … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Haskell’s Account of the Battle of Gettysburg

Posted on July 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Battle of Gettysburg stretched from July 1st through 3rd, 1863. It was one of the most horrendous battles that was ever fought in the Western hemisphere and it occurred between two sides of Americans – the North versus the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Right to Property Is A Positive In the World

Posted on July 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Property is the fruit of labor-property is desirable – it is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not who … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Plutarch’s Parallel Lives

Posted on July 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is also known as Parallel Lives or Plutarch’s Lives. This book is believe to have been written in the beginning of the Second Century A.D. It consists of a series of 23 pairs … Continue reading →