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First Principles: All Sober Inquirers After Truth… Pagan and Christian, Have Declared That the Happiness of Man, As Well As His Dignity, Consists In Virtue
“We ought to consider what is the end of government before we determine which is the best form. Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient, Best Form, Christian, Consider, Dignity, Divine, End of Government, First Principles, Happiness, Individual, Inquirer, John Adams, Mankind, Modern, Moral Philosophers, Pagan, Society, Thoughts On Government, Truth, Virtue
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Sounds For Troubled Times
One thing I’ve had some time to do lately is to explore what tuneage tends to lift my spirits in these sunken times. Sounds For Troubled Times by Michael Doyle Susceptible to a classic boogie fever As though there be … Continue reading
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Tagged 250th Birthday, Anything, Aspiration, Beethoven, Bent Pitches, Black Jazz, Blue, Boogie Fever, Brilliance, Call, Catharsis, Celebrate, Charm, Classic, Composition, Cool, Dance, Dark, Deaf Man, Define, Dim, Divide, Ear, Energy, Everything, Forget, Gershwin, Get Up, Greater Than, Hang In There, Happiness, Harmony, Heart Strings, Hearts, Hope, Humor, Imposition, Improvisation, Inspiration, Instrumental, Interlude, Joy, Kick, Lever, Loss, Love, Masterpiece, Missed, Mood, Moonbeam, Morals, Music, Musical, Need, Pandemic, Parts, Persevere, Photograph, Place, Playlist, Pocket, Poem, Poetry, Resilience, Rhapsody, Romance, Sign, Songs, Sonic, Soul, Sounds, Spirit, Star, Stick, Sweep, Teach, Tone, Troubled Times, Tunes, Universe, Verse, Voice, Wall, Way, We, Where, Who, Whole, Write
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First Principles: Government Is Instituted For the Protection, Safety, Prosperity and Happiness of the People, Not One Man, Family Or Class of Men
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an … Continue reading
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Tagged Alter, Change, Class of Men, Common Good, Family, First Principles, Government, Happiness, Incontestable, Indefeasible, Institute, John Adams, Not, One Man, Prosperity, Protection, Reform, Require, Right, Safety, The People, Thoughts On Government, Unalienable
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Thought For the Day: The Happiness of Your Life Depends On the Quality of Your Thoughts
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
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Tagged Depends, Entertain, Guard, Happiness, Life, Marcus Aurelius, Nature, Notions, Quality, Reasonable, Take Care, Thought For the Day, Thoughts, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: A Grateful Heart Is A Beginning of Greatness
“A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.” – James E. Faust
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Tagged Beginning, Contentment, Courage, Development, Expression, Faith, Foundation, Grateful Heart, Greatness, Happiness, Humility, James E Faust, Love, Prayer, Thought For the Day, Virtue, Well Being
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Gifts From the Heart
Day 20 of Na/GloPoWriMo, 2020! 2/3rds of the way through this year’s event. The optional prompt is to “write a poem about a handmade or homemade gift that you have received“. Gifts From the Heart by Michael Doyle Since divorce … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Always, Angst, Arms, Aware, Bits, Capable, Card, Compel, Complete, Cruel, Curl, Dad, Day, Decision, Division, Divorce, Ear To Ear, Essence, Ex, Family, Father, Father's Daughter, Father's Day, Fear, Friend, Friendship Braclets, Gift, Girls, Golden Rule, Grow, Hand, Happiness, Hear, Heart, Hidden, Hold, Homemade, Hug and Kiss, Hugs, Hunt, Inseparable, Know, Lady Bugs, Love, Mindful, Moment, Na/GloPoWriMo, Need, Offer, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Remind, School, Show, Side, Smile, Something, Start, Sweet, Taught, Tear, Three Musketeers, Trust, Understand, Watch, Way, While, Wish, World, Youngest
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First Principles: Marriage Is…the Most Natural State of Mankind…It Is the Man and Woman United That Makes the Complete Human Being
“Marriage is…the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which you are most likely to find solid happiness…. It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being….. man has not nearly the value … Continue reading
While You Named the Stars For Me
It’s the eighth day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020! Today’s optional prompt is to take bits of Twitter bot generated poets and run with it to make it our own. I have no idea what others did, but, it seemed the thing … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Anything, Bot, Brings, Broken, Calculation, Contain, Decliine, Deep Valley, Deities, Dependable, Desire, Despite, Disguise, Dreamless Sleep, Faithful, Frailty, Grandmother, Happen, Happiness, Hold, Install, Know, Life, Light Thing, Loudly, Lovers, Masters of Reality, Me, Moments, Monuments, Moon, Muse, Na/GloPoWriMo, Name, Oracles, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poets, Read, Rest, Sense, Shatter, Silver, Sorrow, Speak, Stall, Stars, Sun, Swans, Treats, Twitter, What To Do, Wise Men, Words, You
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In A Still Sleeping Place Inside My Head
The for the fourth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020 is: “…to write a poem based on an image from a dream”. … and so I did…. In A Still Sleeping Place Inside My Head by Michael Doyle The feeling comes … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Above, Again, Angels, Another, Beauty, Become, Begun, Below, Beyond, Black, Bold, Bring, Center Point, Chance, Chorus, Circumstance, Connect, Count, Cover, Dance, Dancing, Dark, Deep, Dissonant, Dominion, Dread, Dream, Dreamers, Drift, Drop, Energy, Evil, Experience, Fear, Feeling, Flow, Foe, Friend, God, Happen, Happiness, Hard, Head, Hope, Hunt, Image, Integration, Intimacy, Jacked, Join, Lame, Learn, Level, Life, Light, Live, Marry, Mask, Merge, Mermaid, Mind, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Numb, One, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Purpose, Reach Out, Real, Red, Reel, Relevancy, Revealing, Rip, Run, Sadness, Seal, Sing, Sleep, Slumber, Someday, Soul, Still, Supreme, Swirl, Syncrhonization, Tear, Thought, Times, Twilight, Undone, Unreal, Urgency, Vivid, Walk, Waltz, Want, Wax, White, Wild Card, World, Wormhole
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First Principles: Those Decrying Christianity…Are Undermining the Solid Foundation of Morals, the Best Security For the Duration of Free Governments
“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Carroll, Christian, Duration, Ensure, First Principles, Foundation, Free, Government, Happiness, Morality, Morals, Pure, Republic, Security, Sublime, Subsist, Undermin
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