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First Principles: History By Apprising Citizens of the Past Will Enable Them To Judge of the Future
“History by apprising [citizens] of the past will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, Apprise, Assume, Citizens, Defeat, Designs of Men, Disguise, Enable, Experience, First Principles, Future, History, Judge, Judges of Action, Know, Other Nations, Other Times, Past, Qualify, Thomas Jefferson, Views
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First Principles: A Constitution Founded On These Principles…Makes the Common People Brave and Enterprising
“A constitution founded on these principles introduces knowledge among the people, and inspires them with a conscious dignity becoming freemen; a general emulation takes place, which causes good humor, sociability, good manners, and good morals to be general. That elevation … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, Brave, Concious Dignity, Constitution, Emulation, Enterprising, First Principles, Freemen, Frugal, Good Humor, Good Manners, Good Morals, Government, Industrious, Inspire, John Adams, Knowledge, Principles, Sentiment, Sober, Sociability, The People, Thoughts On Government
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Owed To A Non-Living Killer
An attempt at both blank verse which I never quite understand and a virus that apparently isn’t going away so it might be wise to understand, right? Owed To A Non-Living Killer by Michael Doyle A world cast into lockdown … Continue reading
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Tagged Address, Alsohol, Ambition, Antibodies, Blank Verse, Block, Coronavirus Disease 2019, COVID-19, Deadly, December, Distress, DNA, Enemies, Family, Flu, Frown, Frustration, Function, Genetic, Growth, Hand Sanitizer, Infection, Inhibition, Insertion, Killer, Life, Living, Living Cells, Lockdown, Lungs, Madness, Math, Mean, Medicine, MERS, Messenger RNA, Method, Morphogenesis, Mutation, Parasite, Particles, Photograph, Plasma, Poem, Poetry, Protease, Reproduction, Right Path, RNA Vaccination, SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Soap and Water, Spike Crowns, Steal, Structure, Treatment, Viral, Wuhan
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The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon
American history continues: The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon by Michael Doyle Richard Nixon was a non-charming and awkward leader But then again to the astute among history readers His reappraisal warrants much for our consideration Hard born and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976, Abuse of Power, Accomodation, Affirmation, Afghanistan, Ambition, American History, Cambodia, China, Cold Warrior, Confirmation, Constitution, Credibility, Detente, Diplomacy, Dirty Tricks, Eisenhower, Energy Policy, Fall, Gerald Ford, Hardball, Henry Kissinger, Honor, Hostages, Imperial Presidency, Inflation, Iran, Jimmy Carter, Le Duc Tho, Malaise, Nixon Doctrine, Nobel Peace Prize, OPEC, Paris Peace Accords, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pol Pot, Realism, Realpolitik, Reelection, Resignation, Richard Nixon, Rise, Russia, Sovie-Sino, Stagflation, Tapes, Transformation, Unemployment, Vice President, Vietnam, Vietnamization, Watergate
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On Becoming A World Power
American history continues as the United States advanced post Civil War into the early 1900s, our strength grew and with it wisely or unwisely we expanded our foreign policy out into the world with all its challenges good and bad. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1900s, 1946, Abroad, Alaska, Ambition, America, American History, Americas, Annexiation, Argue, Avarice, Becoming, Benediction, Beveridge, Booty, Canal, Caution, Civil War, Colonialism, Cuba, Dedication, Deploy, Destroy, Divide, Elite, Entanglement, Europe, Evidence, Extrication, Filipino, Flag, Focus, Foreign Policy, Free, Future, Gomper, Great Power, Grover Cleveland, Hawai'i, Heart, Ideals, Imperialism, Independence, Interest, Intrigue, Inward, John Quincy Adams, Land, Liberty, Manifest Destiny, March, Mckinley, Monroe Doctrine, Monster, Nation, Navy, Ocean, Photograph, Platte Amendment, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Puerto Rico, Racism, Reason, Remember the Maine, Republic, Russia, Samoa, Sanctimony, Self Rule, Seward's Folly, Social Darwinism, Social Gospel, Soul, Spain, Spirit, The Phillipines, Trade, Trading Port, War, War of 1812, William Howard Taft, World Power, Yellow Dog Journalism
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Death and A Desert God
A further adventure in Egyptian myth. Death and A Desert God by Michael Doyle Without ambition, Horus would quietly assert That to kill a desert god, you must kill the desert To kill a desert, requires Ra, God of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Ambition, Appetite, Bay, Breath, Chaos, Conceal, Creation, Creator, Cruel, Dark, Death, Decay, Desert, Destiny, Destruction, Dreams, Drown, Edict, Egypt, Embrace, Equal, Fight, Flight, Glory, God, Height, Hell Hounds, Hopes, Horus, Journey, Kill, Light, Lord, Might, Mortal, Night, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Quest, Ra, Rot, Scarabs, Set, Shine, Stray, Sun, Uncertain, Water, Will
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A Federation Begins
In the formation of the American Constitution, the world’s political republican theory took a leap into reality despite some downsides. A Federation Begins by Michael Doyle The extending of institutionalized slavery Remains a bleak mark in American history Kicking the … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, Abolition, Abomination, Accident, Ambition, American History, American Nation, Anarchy, Angels, Bad, Begin, Bill of Rights, Checks and Balances, Clause, Constituion, Contradiction, Deception, Disappear, Economy, Edict, Enslavement, Evidence, Exemplary, Federation, Foul, Founding Fathers, Freedom, Fugitive Slave, George Washington, God, Good, Government, Gratitude, Hamilton, Immaculate Conception, Incomprehensible, Indentured Servitude, Inhibition, Inhuman, Instituion, Institution, Interpretation, Issue, Jay, Kick, Knight, Language, Lesson, Liberty, Madison, Mankind, Necessary, Neglect, Offense, Oilver Ellery, Opposing View, Patrick Henry, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Power, Protection, Ratification, Republican, Right, Roger Sherman, Slavery, Speck, Stain, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Trans-Atlantic Slavery, Transition, Unity, Wreck, Wrong
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First Principles: There Is No Government Capable of Contending With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, Avarice, Constitution, Contend, Cord, First Principles, Gallantry, Government, Human, Inadequate, John Adams, Moral, Morality, Net, Other, Passion, People, Power, Religion, Religious, Revenge, Whale
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