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First Principles: Freedom Requires Those Willing to Undergo the Rigors of Supporting It
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 4, September 11, 1777
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Tagged Blessings, Expect, Fatigue, First Principles, Freedom, Mankind, No. 4, Reap, Support, The American Crisis, Thomas Paine
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Thought For the Day: Admitting You Were Wrong Only Says You Are Wiser Than Yesterday
“A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.” – Alexander Pope, poet (21 May 1688-1744
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Non-Binary Paradise Revealed
Have you ever wondered about Satan’s role as God’s prosecutor and role as sinful man’s adversary? John Milton did. At times, I find that interesting to look at as well. Non-Binary Paradise Revealed by Michael Romani Consider if you might … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Beauty, Contrast, Darkness, Degree of Separation, Dissonance, God, Heaven, Hell, Humanity, John Milton, Line, Mankind, Narrow, Noble, Non-Binary, Perception, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Prosecutor, Revelation, Satan, Soul, Story, Strict, Unfold
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First Principles: Mankind Is Born Free, Yet, Everywhere Is In Chains
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” – Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (1762)
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Thought For the Day: Poetry Is A Light By Which We See Life
“In the end, the poem is not a thing we see; it is, rather, a light by which we may see–and what we see is life.” – Robert Penn Warren, novelist and poet (24 Apr 1905-1989)
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Tagged Capacity, Life, Light, Mankind, Meaning, Myth, Poem, Robert Penn Warren, See, Thing, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Bulk of Mankind Have In Turn Been the Prey of Ambition
“The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition.” – Mercy Otis Warren
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Tagged Ambition, Bulk, Countries, First Principles, Mankind, Mercy Otis Warren, Prey, Turn
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First Principles: To Be Good and Do Good Is the Entire Duty of Mankind
“To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.” – Abigail Adams
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Be Good, Do Good, First Principles, Heroes, Learned Women, Mankind, Philosophers, Statesmen, Whole Duty, Words
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First Principles: A Good Moral Character For Life Is The First Essential of Mankind and Formed By Habits Contracted Early On
“A good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life.” – George Washington (1790)
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Tagged Conduct, First Principles, George Washington, Habits, Important, Indelible, Learned, Life, Mankind, Moral Character, Stamp, Virtuous
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