Tag Archives: Mankind

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Fret

Posted on April 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

I have this sterling sort of friend named Frets Who works very hard for all his fellow Vets Although some try to say it’s in the end very small I salute him as honorably giving us his all It is … Continue reading →

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First Principles: An Objective Standard of Right and Wrong Morality Is Best Applied To the Affairs of Mankind

Posted on March 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what better principle can the friends of mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: America’s Cause Is the World’s Cause

Posted on March 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine The American experiment in the people ruling themselves is maybe the greatest and most noble experiment in the world’s history. Around the world … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Took Five Billion Years To Make Man

Posted on March 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man!” – George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist (4 Mar 1904-1968) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Love of Power Is Natural and Often Abused

Posted on February 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775)

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First Principles: Man Without Reason Is Like A Ship Without A Rudder

Posted on January 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.” — Thomas Jefferson (1822)

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First Principles: The Cause of America Is the Cause of All Mankind

Posted on January 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine (1776) You may read Common Sense by Thomas Paine here: http://www.bartleby.com/133/ …and you should… 😉

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Thought For the Day: Mankind Is Too Complex For Labels

Posted on December 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.” – Rex Stout, novelist (1 Dec 1886-1975) The world would be all the poorer without his work. I find it … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Children Are The Surest Sign That God Still Loves Mankind

Posted on November 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.” – Rabindranath Tagore, in Stray Birds (1916).

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Thought For the Day: Losing A Language Is Like Losing Part of Mankind

Posted on November 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“For every language that becomes extinct, an image of man disappears.” – Octavio Paz, poet, diplomat, Nobel laureate (1914-1998) To learn more about this interesting poet, please see: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2192/octavio-paz-the-art-of-poetry-no-42-octavio-paz For a great start at understanding the issue of endangered languages, … Continue reading →

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