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Thought For the Day: Love and Compassion Are Necessities, Not Luxuries. Without Them, Humanity Cannot Survive
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” – Dalai Lama
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Compassion, Dalai Lama, Humanity, Love, Luxury, Necessity, Survive, Thought For the Day
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Nat Turner’s Legacy
Nat Turner’s Legacyby Michael DoyleExceptions seldom make the ruleFoolish thinkers need their schoolThose who dwell on the mysteryOf why so few rose against slaveryIt is a cowardice of cultureThat we cannot afford to nurtureLet’s recall a moment of historyLived by … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Action, American History, Asunder, Blood and Brutality, Civil War, Country, Cowardice of Culture, Criticism, Death, Destiny, Dignity, Easy Lesson, Education, Equal Opportunity, Exceptions, Experiment, Field, Fight, Foolish Thinkers, Freedom and Liberty, God and Science, Greatest Republic, Hard Road, History, Incendiary, Inspiration, Ironic, Legacy, Liberty, Luxury, Mystery, Nat Turner, Ntion, Nurture, Optimism, Path Forward, Pessimism, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Promise, Prophecy, Rage, Re;public, Revelation, Revolution, Right, Satisfaction, School, Scourge, Sinners, Slavery, Soul, The Rule, Theology, Victory, Vision, Voice, Wickedness Revealed
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First Principles: As Riches Increase and…Luxury Prevails In Society, Virtue Will Be…Considered As Only A Graceful Appendage
“As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful appendage of wealth, and the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican … Continue reading
First Principles: As Riches Increase and Accumulate In Few Hands…the Tendency of Things Will Be To Depart From the Republican Standard
“As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful appendage of wealth, and the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Appendage, Depart, Few Hands, First Principles, Luxury, Republican Standard, Riches, Society, Tendency, Virtue, Wealth
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Petra Reexamined
Petra Reexaminedby Michael DoyleThere is an ancient city in which Nabataeans dweltThat is more carved than could be thought of as builtThis city of beauty and wonder is a World Heritage siteIt belongs to all of humanity by our noble … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ancient City, Aqueducts, Architecture, Astound, Beauty, Birthright, Carved, Cliffside, Desert, Engineering, Examine, Exuberance, Fine Detail, Gorge, Humanity, Luxury, Nabataeans, Narrow Canyon, Nomads, Oasis, Perfection, Petra, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Safety, Scale, Sculptured, Trade Network, Trade Routes, Wadis, Water, Wonder, World Heritage Site
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First Principles: As Wealth Accumulates In Few Hands, Virtue Will Decrease and Society Depart from the Republican Standard
“As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful appendage of wealth, and the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican … Continue reading
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Tagged Accumulate, Alexander Hamilton, Depart, Few, First Principles, Increase, Luxury, Republican Standard, Riches, Society, Vritue, Wealth
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Street and Racing
Street and Racing by Michael Romani Always chasing Street and racing Kindred spirits of technology Attainable bits of luxury Point of acceleration Stuck forward toward destination Full throttle challenge given In this life of the driven Holistic sense of the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Second Life
Tagged All-American, Detriot, Luxury, Problem Solving, Racing, Street
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 