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Nantucket’s Sound
Nantucket’s Soundby Michael DoyleIn the depths that feel formidableIs the key to knowing the unknowable.There was an urgency for resources on demandFrom the ocean floor up to supply the land.Petroleum, minerals, and whale oil,Have all had their turn as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anticipation, Depth, Imagination, Mankind, Mytery, Nantucket, Ocean Flor, Poetry and Poems, Resource, Sea, Sound, Unknowable
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Kindness One Can Render To Any Man Consists In Leading Him From Error To Truth
“The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.” – Thomas Aquinas
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Tagged Error, Kindness, Lead, Mankind, Render, Thomas Aquinas, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: The Only Thing Necessary For the Triumph of Evil Is For Good Men To Do Nothing
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
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Tagged Edmund Burke, Evil, First Prinicples, Good Men, Mankind, Necessary, Nothing, Triumph
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First Principles: A Little Science Estranges A Man From God; A Lot of Science Brings Him Back
“A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back.” – Francis Bacon
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Tagged Back, Estrange, First Priciples, Francis Bacon, Go, Mankind, Science
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Thought For the Day: The Ultimate Measure of A Man Is Not Where He Stands In Moments of Comfort and Convenience, But Where He Stands At Times of Challenge and Controversy
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
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Tagged Challenge, Comfort, Controversy, Convenience, Mankind, Martin Luther King, Stand, Thought For the Day, Ultimate Measure
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Thought For the Day: A Time Is Coming When Men Will Go Mad, and When They See Someone Who Is Not Mad, They Will Attack Him, saying,”You Are Mad; Your Are Not Like Us.”
“A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, ‘You are mad; you are not like us.’” – Anthony the Great Quite the sage, he was … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony the Great, Attack, Coming, Mad, Mankind, Not Mad, Thought For the Day, Time
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First Principles: Men Are Qualified For Civil Liberty In Exact Proportion To Their Disposition To Put Moral Chains Upon Their Own Appetites
“Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…in proportion as they are more disposed to listen to the counsels of the wise and good, in preference to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Appetite, Civil Liberty, Counsel, Disposition, Edmund Burke, First Principles, Flateery, Knaves, Mankind, Moral Chains, Wise and Good
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Thought For the Day: When Plunder Becomes A Way of Life, Men Create For Themselves A Legal System That Authorizes It and A Moral Code That Glorifies It
“When plunder becomes a way of life, men create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” – Frederic Bastiat (Socialism in a nutshell. Watch as we see it personified in NYC under … Continue reading
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Tagged Authorize, Frederic Bastiat, Glory, Legal System, Mankind, Moral Code, Plunder, Thought For the Day, Way of Life
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First Principles: Families Are the Nurseries of All Societies; and the First Combinations of Mankind
“Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.” – Cotton Mather
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Tagged Cotton Mather, Family, First Combiniation, First Principles, Mankind, Nursery, Society
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First Principles: It Was Never In My Heart To Slight Any Man, But Only That Man Should Be Kept In His Place and Not Sit In the Room of God
“It was never in my heart to slight any man, but only that man should be kept in his place and not sit in the room of God.” – Anne Hutchinson
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Tagged Anne Hutchinson, First Principles, Heart, Mankind, Never, Place, Room of God, Slight
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