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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
“Law and liberty cannot rationally become the objects of our love, unless they first become the objects of our knowledge.” – James Wilson (1790)
To Be A Warrior
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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Tagged Battle, Blade, Cause, Cherish, Days, Display, Due, Fights, Fine Steel, Fought, Good, Good Warrior, Greatest Kings, Heaven Above, Just, Know, Knowledge, Led, Love, Men, Poetry and Poems, Prowess, Reason, Repeat, Require, Said, Seaason, Sought, Soul, Strength, Thousand Lights, Time, True Warrior, Truth, Understood, Victory, Warrior, Win, Written, Youth
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First Principles: Knowledge Is, In Every Country, the Surest Basis of Public Happiness
“Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness.” – George Washington (1790)
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Tagged Basis, Country, First Principles, George Washington, Knowledge, Public Happiness
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The Wonderous California Coast
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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Tagged Alto, Aquarium, Baja, Battle, Beauty, biodiversity, Blind, Blue Planet, Blue Skies, Cacti, California Coast, Calypso, Capacity, Chart, Coastal Deep, Company, Coral Reef, Distinction, Divers, Dolphin, Drops of Water, Efficient, Escort, Existence, Extinction, Fault, Feed, Find, Forest, George Waashington, Guardians, Heart Break, Imperil, Jouney, Kelp Bed, Knowledge, Laughter, Live, Love, Mankind, Mexico, Nature, Noses, Notion, Oblivious, Ocean World, One Water System, Play, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pretense, Protection, San Jose Island, Scarcity, Sea of Cortez, Sequoia, Squid, Sun, Survival, Sustainability, Time, Water, Wonderous, World Apart, Wounded Heart
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Thought For the Day: If You Have Knowledge, Let Others Light Their Candles In It
“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” -Margaret Fuller, author (23 May 1810-1850)
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Tagged Candles, Knowledge, Light, Margaret Fuller, Others, Thought For the Day, You
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First Principles: If Virtue and Knowledge Are Diffused Among the People, They Will Never Be Enslaved
“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams (1779)
First Principles: All the Children Are Trained Up To This Kind of Knowledge: They Are Accustomed From Their Earliest Years To Read the Holy Scriptures
“Among the customs which are universal among the people, in all parts of the state, one that seems worthy of remark, is, the attention that is paid to the education of children. The aim of the parent, is not so … Continue reading
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Tagged 1794, Aim, Arithmetic, Attention, Children, Common and Universal, Customs, Education, First Principles, Harvard College, Holy Scriptures, Knowledge, Law, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Newspapers, Occupations of Life, Parent, Periodical Publications, Political Pamphlets, Proceedings, Red, Samuel Adams, The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, The People, Write
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Thought For the Day: Ten Million Ignorances Do Not Constitute One Knowledge
“Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.” – Clemens von Metternich (1773-1859)
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Tagged Clemens von Metternich, Constitute, Ignorance, Knowledge, One, Ten Million, Thought For the Day
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