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First Principles: I Am Not Influenced By the Expectation of Promotion Or Pecuniary Reward. I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a … Continue reading
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Tagged Expectation, First Principles, Honor, Influence, Nathan Hale, Necessity, Pecuniary Reward, Promotion, Public Good, Service, Usefulness, Wish
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Deeply Held Beliefs
Deeply Held Beliefsby Michael DoyleTo the disbelief of our Father’s Kingdom,Satanists are sneaking in through religious freedom.Though religious freedom is rather simple,I cannot find myself supporting the Satanic Temple.Only to the godless is this farcical.It is not only Christians who … Continue reading
Christian Thoughts On Father’s Day
Christian Thoughts On Father’s Dayby Michael DoyleOn Father’s Day, we talk confluence,And how faithfulness becomes influence.What we do as we go along,Plays like the notes of a praise song.Opening with prayers of gratitudeIs a way of presenting the right attitude.Called … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christian Thoght, Christianity, Devotin, Faith, Father's Day, God, Gratite, Influence, Jesus, Judges, Knigs, Liight, Motvation, Poetry and Poems, Praise Song, Prayer, Right Atttde, Samuel, saul
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First Principles: I Am Not Influenced By The Expectation of Promotion or Pecuniary Reward. I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a … Continue reading
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Tagged Expectation, First Principles, Honor, Influence, Nathan Hale, Necessary, Public Good, Reward, Service, Useful
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Belonging To the Father
Belonging To the Fatherby Michael DoyleThe scriptures are perhaps the most influentialWords ever written, and arguably the most beneficial.As its pages have shaped the best of humanity’s culture,It has been a book of controversy and of nurture.The Bible’s pages have … Continue reading
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The Killing Hour
The Killing Hourby Michael DoyleThe appearance of weakness Is something that wears thin.What makes a warrior seek thisGoes deep below the skin.Our ancestors cannot be left behind,Not when they are seen as they are.And a warrior would have to be … Continue reading
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First Principles: Experience Has Shown That the Trade of the East Is the Key to National Wealth and Influence
“Experience has shown that the trade of the East is the key to national wealth and influence.” – Chester A. Arthur
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Thought For the Day: If You Do Not Take An Interest In the Affairs of Your Government, Then You Are Doomed To Live Under the Rule of Fools
“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” – Plato, there are several alternative translations of this passage taken from Republic, Book 1, 347c … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Live In Each Season As It Passes; Breathe the Air, Drink the Water, Taste the Fruit, and Resign Yourself To the Influence of the Earth
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” – Henry David Thoreau
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The Influence of Pulp Fiction
The Influence of Pulp Fictionby Michael DoyleScience fiction without a snarkDidn’t just materialize out of the darkIn 1926, Hugo Gernsback, without a lot of gloryCame to publish the first Amazing StoriesFrom the cover of this first, we might knowThe Hugo … Continue reading →