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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens. They Fall, When the Wise Are Banished from Public Councils
“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, … Continue reading
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Tagged Banished, Betray, Created, Fall, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Public Councils, Public Spirit, Republics, Rewarded, The Citizens, The People, The Profligate, Virtue, Wise
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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens. They Fall, When the Wise Are Banished From the Public Councils
“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, … Continue reading
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Dunmore’s Lamentation
Dunmore’s Lamentationby Michael DoyleA seeming footnote on the journeyWas found about the struggle for libertyWe had gone to Point Pleasant to seeAnother point of what is legendaryOn to find that the struggle for this nationAlso began with Lord Dunmore’s lamentationAs … Continue reading
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Tagged America's Journey, American, Bad Decisions, Betray, British Kingdom, Cause of Freedom, Concord, Cornstalk, Fight, First Blood, First Bullets, Footnote, History, Journey, Kanawha, Kentucky, Keys, Legendary, Lexington, Liberty, Lord Dunmore, Manifest Destiny, Nation, Pattern, Poetry and Poems, Point Pleasant, Revolution, Tecumseh, West Virginia, Westward
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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, … Continue reading
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Tagged Betray, Citizens, Dare, Fall, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Intelligence, Justice Joseph Story, Profligate, Public Council, Public Spirit, Republics, Reward, The People, Virtue, Wise
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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, … Continue reading
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Tagged Banished, Betray, Citizens, Commentaries on the Constitution, Created, Dare, Fail, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Inteliigence, Joseph Story, Profligate, Public Council, Public Spirit, Republics, Rewarded, The People, Virtue, Wise
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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens. They Fall, When the Wise Are Banished From the Public Councils
“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, … Continue reading
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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, … Continue reading
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Na/GloPoWriMo #7: Spanish Flower Shadorma
Na/GloPoWriMo #7: Spanish Flower Shadorma by Michael DoyleTime stands stillAs I turn awaySlowing downTides are feltDeep inside my fragile soulInnocence betraysCastle sandsSlip through my fingersWashed awayAs alwaysI look into setting sunsWondering at whyBest of timesPass away too fastIn your eyesIn … Continue reading
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Tagged Always, Believe, Best of Times, Betray, Castle Sands, Deep Inside, Felt, Fingers, Fragile Soul, Hate, Innocence, Look, My Eyes, Na/GloPoWriMo, Pass Away, Poetry and Poems, Setting Sun, Shadorma, Slip, Slowing Down, Spanish Flower, Still, Tides, Time, Too Fast, True, Turn Away, Washed Away, When You Leave, Why, Wondering, Your Eyes
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First Principles: The Republican Principle Demands That the Deliberate Sense of the Community Should Govern the Conduct of Those To Whom They Entrust the Management of Their Affairs
“The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion … Continue reading



Rituals
Ritualsby Michael DoyleRitualsTaken in sequenceProtect us from harmVisuals Seemingly in coincidenceHave their illustrious charmsEvery step takenTo shake the forsakenTo hunt or to be huntedHead on the swivel; fear bluntedTo move beyond first baseA destiny to embraceCaught in a game of … Continue reading →