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Somewhere In A Hobbit’s Town
The whole creative process behind the making of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies and the original tales has and have always fascinated me. How about you? Somewhere In A Hobbit’s Town by Michael Romani Somewhere in Switzerland … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Alchemy, Artist, Beautiful, Believe, Bits, Blend, Blessing, Call, Close, Cold, Conceal, Concept, Created, Daydreams, Deep, Detail, Discover, Drawing, Dream, End, Endless, Exist, Fantasy, Fascinate, Feeling, Fragment, Freed, Fusion, Generation, God, Grip, Head, Heart, Hobbit, Hobbiton, Hom, Immersion, Inspire, Journey, Keep, Kept, Layers, Life, Little Garden, Look, Lord of the Rings, Magic, Memory, Mid-Earth, Mirth, Movie, Mystery, Nature, New Zealand, North, Pantheon, Pencil, Penetrate, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Protect, Read, Real, Regale, Reveal, Road, Ruins, Saga, Sketch, Smile, Soul, Steep, Switzerland, Tale, Tea, Tolkien, Trace, Veil, Veneration, Walk, Weep, Wilds, Wise, Wordless, Words, Worth, Woven
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First Principles: Christianity Is the Religion of Wisdom, Virtue, Equity and Humanity
“The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.” – John Adams
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Tagged Christian, Equity, Exist, First Principles, Humanity, John Adams, Prevail, Religion, Time, Virtue, Wisdom
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First Principles: A Universal Peace Will Never Exist But In the Imaginations of Visionary Philosophers Or the Breasts of Benevolent Enthusiasts
“A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” – James Madison (1792)
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Tagged Benevolent, Catalog, Enthusiast, Event, Exist, Fear, First Principles, Imagination, James Madison, Peace, Philosopher, Universal, Vision
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First Principles: There Is An Indissoluble Union Between Virtue and Happiness
“There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Advantage, Duty, Economy, Exist, Felicity, First Principles, George Washington, Happiness, Honest, Indissoluble Union, Maxims, Nature, Policy, Prosperity, Public, Solid Reward, Virtue
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First Principles: We Claim the Rights Essential To Happiness Not From Government But From God
” Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness… We claim them from a higher source – from the King of kings, and Lord of all the earth. They are not annexed to us by parchments and … Continue reading
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Tagged Born, Earth, Exist, First Principles, Happiness, Higher Source, Human Power, John Dickinson, King of King, Kings, Laws of Our Nature, Lives, Lord of All, Parliament, Providence, Rights, Taken
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First Principles: God’s Law Is Binding On All of Mankind At All Times
“The law established by the Creator, which has existed from the beginning, extends over the whole globe, is everywhere and at all times binding upon mankind.” – Rufus King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_King
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Tagged All Times, Beginning, Bind, Creator, Establish, Everywhere, Exist, First Principles, Globe, Law, Mankind, Rufus King
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An Elegy To Common Sense
Poem A Day #11 is to be an elegy. The word prompt is ‘black hole’. Milkwood’s definition of elegy is limited to the following. I would argue that the person who wrote the notecard needs to revisit this. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged America First, American, Attitude, Black Hole, Blindman's Bluff, Border Fence, Borders, Build, Cardinal Rule, Common Sense, Conservative, Country, Death, Defend, Dense, Despotism, Destination, Discrimination, Domestic, Drug Lords, Elegy, Elite, Enemy, Exist, Followers, Foreign, Globalist, Heath, History, Immoral, Legal Immigration, Liberty, Live or Die, Milkwood, MS 13, Nation, National Defense, Oath, Old Hat, Patriot, Patriotic, Platitude, Poem A Day, Poor, Porous Border, Pretense, Primary, Principle, Progressive, Protect, Rule of Law, Secure, Servants, Statesmen, Support, Surrender, Sworn, Terrorist, Thirst, Victimless Crimes
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Thought For the Day: The Universe Is Under No Obligation To Us
A man said to the universe: “Sir I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.” – Stephen Crane, writer Mr. Crane’s lasting legacy is largely found in one work, The Red Badge … Continue reading
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Tagged Exist, Man, Obligation, Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane, Thought For the Day, Universe
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First Principles: True Liberty Cannot Exist Without Restraint On the Violent
“Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent.” — Fisher Ames (1801) The … Continue reading
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Tagged Compromise, Enjoyment, Exist, First Principles, Fisher Ames, Freedom, Governance, Government, Liberty, Ordered Liberty, Security
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