“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” – Matthew 5:8
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Thought For the Day: Blessed Are the Pure In Heart, For They Shall See God
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First Principles: In the Supposed State of Nature, All Men Are Equally Bound By the Laws of Nature, Or To Speak More Properly, the Laws of the Creator
“In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.” – Samuel Adams
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Blown Smoke
Blown Smoke
by Michael Doyle
Blown smoke seen through a window
The feel of doubt, imprinted on her shadow
The detective watches the young widow
Looking for clues, he might recognize and know
He thinks back on days of reverie
That are no longer more than memory
Shivering in the dark the tries to keep out
Always present since learning what life is about
On and on, the night knows its secret moods
Sometimes contrite, others simply rude
Running like a stargazer reading for a sign
Still saddened to find the numbers are not divine
Too many children are lost within the system
Because those that should have loved have forgot them
Paganini's revenge burns across the silver strings
In these days that never know what tomorrow brings
Running back into the arms of yesterday's sorrow
All of those troubles the wise would never borrow
Life doesn't see all of the souls that feel empty
We're a ship of fools sailing onto the rocks of misery
(c) April 14, 2022 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
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First Principles: They That Can Give Up Essential Liberty To Obtain A Little Temporary Safety, Deserve Neither Liberty Nor Safety
“They that can give up Essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Thought For the Day: A Book, Once It Is Printed and Published, Becomes Individual
“A book, once it is printed and published, becomes individual. It is by its publication as decisively severed from its author as in parturition a child is cut off from its parent. The book “means” thereafter, perforce, — both grammatically and actually, – whatever meaning this or that reader gets out of it.” -James Branch Cabell, novelist, essayist, critic (14 Apr 1879-1958)
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Thought For the Day: Extremism In Defense of Liberty Is No Vice. Tolerance In the Face of Tyranny Is No Virtue
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Tolerance in the face of tyranny is no virtue.” – Barry Goldwater (1909-1998)
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Thought For the Day: Language Is the Amber In Which A Thousand Precious and Subtle Thoughts Have Been Safely Embedded and Preserved
“Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved.” -Richard C. Trench, poet (1807-1886
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Thought For the Day: Schools Are Quick To Blame Everyone and Everything But Themselves For the Failures of American Education. To Them, Every Bad Teacher Is the Exception and Every Bad Parent the Rule
“Schools are quick to blame everyone and everything but themselves for the failures of American education. To them, every bad teacher is the exception and every bad parent is the rule.” – Thomas Sowell
First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretense of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy
“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)
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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.” –Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833