Tag Archives: Gains

Secure In My Salvation

Secure In My Salvationby Michael DoyleMy life’s abundance has no regretMy gains are my life’s netMy life has become better since I metOur Lord and savior, never to forgetMy belief, our belief, quietly persistsThat our God fully and entirely existsAs … Continue reading

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Our Valentine’s Biggest Mistake

Our Valentine’s Biggest Mistakeby Michael DoyleAs we lay around our houses like cantankerous catsIn the cold winter months, it’s easy to gain fatEach of us finding refrigerated delicacies late nightEntertained as we snuggle by the television lightIn our January resolutions … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Mild Voice of Reason, Pleading the Cause of An Enlarged and Permanent Interest, Is But Too Often Drowned

“The mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain.” – James … Continue reading

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End of the Frontier

Between the 1870s to the early 1900s, American society became a vast sea of sea change in matters of all forms of transformation going on at once. End of the Frontier by Michael Doyle The travesty of the Civil War … Continue reading

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Of Love and Loss

R.I.P. Donald Hall, poet Of Love and Loss by Michael Romani Sharing a moment of barnyard credibility The poet defended ordinary language and sensibility As the irresistible fodder of interpretation His poet’s life as much his journey as his destination … Continue reading

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First Principles: There Is An Indissoluble Union Between Doing Right and Gain

“[T]here 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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