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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience In the Design of Ambition
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Ambition, Beget, Dependence, Design, First Principles, Germ, Subservience, Thomas Jefferson, Tool, Venality, Virtue
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Sisters In Life
Sisters in this life, that life and even Second Life have this innate need to bond more than clash. Someone suggested this the topic of a poem. Sisters In Life by Michael Romani Despite all the clashes; despite all … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Bond, Clash, Dependence, Experience, Life, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Side By Side, Sisters, Story
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Totally Dependent
Totally Dependent by Michael Romani Simple lessons teach Finding them in my reach I pose my independence Quietly spoken in confidence I am totally dependent No longer willingly diffident I am totally dependent On you my Lord Coming in all … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Picture, Calling, Christianity, Dependence, Humility, Intention, Photograph, Poem, Poetry
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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781) The entitlement programs of America have come to be taken for granted. And now, as we watch … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Prayer and Work Together Get Us Through Our Days
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” – St Augustine Sage advice from a sage. Too often people choose to do either one or the other. Even more often we struggle hard as … Continue reading
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Tagged Days, Dependence, Prayer, Preparation, St Augustine, Thought For the Day, Work
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First Principles: Resist the Tyranny That Would Attempt To Take Inalienable Rights
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual…continue steadfast and with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” – John … Continue reading
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