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First Principles: National Morality Cannot Prevail When Belief Is Excluded
“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Education, Farewll Address, First Principles, George Washington, Morality, Reason, Religion
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Scribble and A Scratch
Scribble and A Scratch by Michael Romani With a scribble and a scratch My words flow together Sometimes in prose; sometimes in verse Hopefully, for the better Always filled with hope That I might have something to say Just keep … Continue reading
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Tagged Daughters, Dim, Education, Faded, Flow, Home, Hope, Islands, Jaded, Legacy, Love, Meaning, Perfect Wave, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prose, Scribble and A Scratch, Sunrise, University, Verse, Words
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Thought For the Day: Propaganda Infused On Children Is Difficult To Uproot
“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” – Lenin
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Tagged Education, Lenin, Propaganda, Seed, Sown, Thought For the Day, Transform, Tyranny
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First Principles: A Good Government Supports Education and the Spread of Knowledge and Wisdom
“A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.” – Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1792
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Tagged Aristrocratic, Education, First Principles, Good Governance, Ignorance, Nation, Rights of Man, Thomas Paine
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Thought For the Day: Never Let Your Schooling Get In the Way of Your Education
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain
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Tagged Application, Education, Ignorance, Knowledge, Life Long Study, Mark Twain, Schooling, Thought For the Day, Uncertainty, Wisdom
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Happy Presidents’ Day!!
In celebration of Presidents’ Day 2018, the girls and I are heading to Conner Prairie for the events there. It sounds pretty fun and informative. The best part for a father who is dead broke? It’s free. So, thank you … Continue reading
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Tagged Banana Nut Bread, Conner Prairie, Education, Family, Fun, Growing, Happy Presidents' Day, History, Music
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First Principles: Education and Free Discussion Cures Ignorance and Bigotry
“Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Adams, 1816
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Tagged Antidote, Bigotry, Education, First Principles, Free Discussion, Ignorance, John Adams, Morbid Minds, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: The Foundations of National Morality Rests In the Family
“The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families. … In vain are Schools, Academies, and Universities instituted, if loose principles and licentious habits are impressed upon children in their earliest years. … The vices and examples of … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Education, Example, Families, First Principles, Foundation, Habits, National Morality, Parents, Principles
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First Principles: A Nation Should Promote the Minds and Morals of Its Children
“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Aesop’s Fables
According to legend, born in approximately 620 BC, the Greek fabulist and story teller, Aesop, has been accredited with a plethora of stories each serving to teach invaluable lessons through the use of animals and inanimate objects that speak, problem … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesop, Aesop's Fables, Aesopica, Education, Fabulist, Harvard Classics, Moral Guide, Slave, Story Teller
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