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First Principles: A General Education of the People Will End Tyranny and Oppression of Mind and Body
“Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged Body, Educate, First Principles, Inform, Liberty, Mind, Oppression, Preservation, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny
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First Principles: We Must Stand Firm Over Every Form of Tyranny Over the Minds of Mankind
“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson (1800)
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Tagged Altar, Eternal, First Principles, God, Hostile, Mankind, Mind, Oath, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny
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Thought For the Day: Advice Is Like Snow
“Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind. “-Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher (21 Oct 1772-1834)
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Daily Prompt – Bayou
The whispers only outnumber the will ‘o wisps down in the bayou… Down In the Bayou by Michael Romani Whisper, whisper just loud enough And behind your listening ear It’s that tingle of anticipated fear Like the leaves falling this … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayou, Birthright, Choice, Daily Prompt, Door, Fate, Fear, Full Moon, Halloween, Heart, Mind, Mood, Queen, Whisper, Will 'O Wisp
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On The Importance of Love
Heard a wonderful sermon today based on: 1 Corinthians 13 New International Version (NIV) 13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 13, Assurance, Butterfly, Carry, Deliver, Discern, Eternal, Faith, Father, Forgiveness, Fundamental, God, Heart, Hope, Infernal, Love, Mercy, Mind, Pandora Box, Photograph, Pillar, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Possible, Praise, Probable, Son, Truth, Victory
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First Principles: Reason Is the Guard Against Absurdities
“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. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurd, Faith, First Principles, Guard, Gullibility, Helm, Mankind, Mind, Reason, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Closed Minds and Books Are Simply Blocks of Wood
“A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood.” – Chinese Proverb
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Tagged Book, Chinese Proverb, Closed, Mind, Thought For the Day, Wisdom, Wood Blocks
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First Principles: Never Abandon Reason
“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the spot of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdiities, First Principles, Guard, Guillibility, Mankind, Mind, Reason, Rudder, Surrender, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: The Truest Beauty of A Woman Shines From the Inside Out
“Taught from infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.” – Mary Wollstonecraft, reformer and writer (27 Apr 1759-1797)
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Tagged Adornment, Beauty, Body, Freedom, Gilt Cage, Infancy, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mind, Prison, Soul, Taught, Teach, Thought For the Day, Women
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