Tag Archives: Knowledge

First Principles: Liberty Cannot Be Preserved Without A General Knowledge Among the People, Who Have A Right…To Knowledge

Posted on November 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to … Continue reading →

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Like Souls Rising From the Dead

Posted on November 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Like Souls Rising From the Deadby Michael DoyleHidden symbols press the conscienceAnd then denies the separation of scienceFrom the spirituality of all things trueThis is independent of a fearful point of viewMorals only tend to get in the wayOf moments … Continue reading →

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The Rejected Man Stumbles

Posted on October 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Rejected Man Stumblesby Michael DoyleThe rejected man stumbles back into the darknessFilled as he has become by this life’s harshnessHe had been helpful and knowledgeable in his waysAnd though ill-tempered, he was useful in his daysScience, too, is useful … Continue reading →

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Persistence

Posted on October 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Persistenceby Michael DoyleWe create our locked prisons by choiceWhere our creatures find their voiceThe point of origins might be our schoolOr wherever we learned life’s rulesWindow shopping as we were thenPursuing our visions and our sinsPaying our price as we … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Obstacle To Discovering the Shape of the Earth, the Continents, and the Oceans Was Not Ignorance But the Illusion of Knowledge

Posted on October 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.” -Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, professor, attorney, and writer (1 Oct 1914-2004)

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First Principles: Law and Liberty Cannot Rationally Become the Objects of Our Love, Unless They First Become of the Objects of Our Knowledge

Posted on September 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Law and liberty cannot rationally become the objects of our love, unless they first become the objects of our knowledge.” – James Wilson (1790)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged A Discourse On the Love of Our Country (1774), First Principles, James Wilson, Knowledge, Law, Liberty, Objects, Rational | Leave a comment

To Be A Warrior

Posted on August 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

To Be A Warriorby Michael DoyleTo be a warriorThat is to say, a good warriorRequires more than the draw your bladeAnd being assured your prowess is displayedNo, it requires a reasonA reason that is good to find that seasonWhen the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Knowledge Is, In Every Country, the Surest Basis of Public Happiness

Posted on July 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness.” – George Washington (1790)

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First Principles: Knowledge Is, In Every Country, The Surest Basis of Public Happiness

Posted on May 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness.” – George Washington, First Annual Message, 1790

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The Wonderous California Coast

Posted on May 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Wonderous California Coastby Michael DoyleWe are escorted by dolphin laughterComing from guardians who are afterThe company that they find in playAlong the bow of our boat, much like yesterdayWhen mighty Calypso sailed the coastal deepsAlong the coral reefs to … Continue reading →

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