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First Principles: Liberty Is One of the Most Precious Gifts Which Heaven Bestows On Mankind
“Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk … Continue reading
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Tagged Captivity, Compare, Conceal, Earth, Evil, First Principles, Gift, Heaven, Honor, Liberty, Lives, Mankind, Miguel de Cervantes, Precious, Risk, Sea
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Thought For the Day: More Powerful Than American Arms Is the Strength of American Hearts
“More powerful than the strength of American arms was the strength of American hearts.” – Donald Trump, commemorating D-Day Also, noteworthy in his remarks: “We are gathered here on Freedom’s Altar. On these shores, on these bluffs, on this day … Continue reading
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Tagged American Arms, American Hearts, Bluffs, Brothers, Civilization, Country, Cross, D-Day, Donald Trump, Freedom's Altar, Liberty, Lives, Normandy, Powerful, Sacrifice, Shores, Star of David, Strength, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Our Obligation To America Ends Only With Our Lives
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” – John Adams (1808)
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Tagged America, Cease, First Principles, John Adams, Lives, Obligation, Our
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First Principles: Every Effort Should Be Made To Encourage and Exalt the Children To Become Their Best Potential
“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and … Continue reading
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Tagged Activity, Care, Children, Contempt of Meanness, Courage, Elevate, Exalt, First Principles, Grovel, Industry, Infancy, John Adams, Lives, Mind
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Thought For the Day: A Great Book Should Leave You With Many Experiences
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.” – William Styron, novelist (11 Jun 1925-2006)
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Tagged Book, Exhausted, Experiences, Great, Lives, Reading, Thought For the Day, William Stryon
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Meander
It is the cool, clear waters of springtime The remind us of that warmer, safer clime All of those cherished places and faces That have left their many warm traces Helping to form just who we have become Treasured by … Continue reading
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Tagged Account, Bend, Clime, Collection, Daily Prompt, Dream, Form, Lives, Meander, Ripple, Springtime, Stream, Sun, Traces, Treasure, Warmth, Waters, Wordpress
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Thought of the Day: Every Life Has A Point of No Return
“There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives.” – Graham Greene, in The Comedians (1966) It does seem this way doesn’t it? That there comes a point when you have burned your bridges and there is … Continue reading
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Tagged Graham Greene, Lives, Point of No Return, The Comedians, Thought of the Day, Unremarked
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Circle
There is a circle of colors in this world All of them ripe and ready to be swirled None of them less than the others All of them our sisters and our brothers None of them do less than matter … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, Better Together, Brothers, Circle, Colors, Daily Prompt, Detox, Lives, Matter, Positive, Sisters, Wordpress, World
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A Frame for Life
A Frame For Life by Michael Romani Most of our lives Are spent within walls Where we find what drives The lives of us all Interior designs Are not just a visual thing It’s a skill to refine All that … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort, Frame, Interior Design, Life, Lives, Photographs, Poetry, Vanity
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 