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First Principles: Bountiful Father!…Increase In Me That Wisdom Which Discovers My Truest Interest. Strengthen My Resolution To Perform What That Wisdom Dictates
“O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom dictates.” – Benjamin Franklin, in his Autobiography (Yet some still try to paint Franklin as … Continue reading
What Can Be Said of A Woman’s Touch?
What Can Be Said of A Woman’s Touch?by Michael DoyleWith a touch of her handHe finds happiness againWith her look, he understandsWhat he is meant to ascertainHer walking beside himMakes his sight less dimAs he opens his heart to seeHer … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Arms, Ascertain, Beside, Bind, Bliss, Charms, Dim, Discover, Eyes, Fall, Falling Star, Fires, Hand, Happiness, Heart, Heart Unspoken, Lips, Look, Meant, No Longer Broken, Open, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Reach, Said, See, Shine, Sight, String, Surprise, Taste, Time, Togeher, Touch, Tranquility, Truth, Two Souls, Understand, Unwrap, Walk, Whisper, Wholeness, Woman's Touch
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Thought For the Day: People of Modest Talent Can Attract Attention, At Least For A While, By Being Unrelentingly Offensive
“[Film and theater critic John] Simon has simply discovered the trick used with great effectiveness by certain comedians, talk show hosts and punk rock musicians: people of modest talent can attract attention, at least for a while, by being unrelentingly … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: What You Learn Today, For No Reason At All, Will Help You Discover All the Wonderful Secrets of Tomorrow
“What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.” – Norton Juster
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Tagged Discover, Help, Learn, Norton Juster, Reason, Secrets, Thought For the Day, Today, Tomorrow's News, Wonderful
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Thought For the Day: The Principal Goal of Education In the Schools Should Be Creating Men and Women Who Are Capable of Doing New Things, Not Simply Repeating What Other Generations Have Done
“The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive, and discoverers, who can … Continue reading
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Tagged Accept, Create, Critical, Discover, Done, Education, Generations, Inventive, Jean Piaget, Men and Women, New Things, Offered, Principal Goal, Repeat, School, Thought For the Day, Verify
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First Principles: Far From Being Rivals or Enemies, Religion and Law Are Twin Sisters, Friends, and Mutual Assistants
“Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other. The divine law, as discovered by reason and the moral sense, forms an essential part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Discover, Divine Law, Enemies, Essential, First Principles, James Wilson, Law, Moral Sense, Reason, Religion, Rivals, Twin Sisters
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Thought For the Day: Satire Is A Sort of Glass, Wherein Beholders Do Generally Discover Everybody’s Face But Their Own
“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own, which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Beholder, Chief Reason, Discover, Face, Glass, Jonathan Swift, Offended, Reception, Satire, The Battle of the Books, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The First and Governing Maxim In the Interpretation of A Statute Is To Discovery the Meaning of Those Who Made It
“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it.” – James Wilson, Of the Study of Law in the United States, 1790
Thought For the Day: I See Men Ordinarily More Eager To Discover A Reason For things Than To Find Out Whether Things Are So
“I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether things are so.” – French philosopher Michel De Montaigne (1532-1592)
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Tagged Discover, Eager, Find Out, Men, Michel de Montaigne, Ordinary, Reason, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: The Question About Progress Has Become the Question Whether We Can Discovery Any Way of Submitting To the Worldwide Paternalism of A Technocracy Without Losing All Personal Privacy and Independence
“The question about progress has become the question whether we can discover any way of submitting to the worldwide paternalism of a technocracy without losing all personal privacy and independence. Is there any possibility of getting the super Welfare State’s … Continue reading
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