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Modern Russian Violence
Modern Russian Violenceby Michael DoyleAs time moves forward, leaving the 19th century behindOne still needs to understand a measure of the Russian mindThe war crimes in Ukraine will never be the finest hourThe Russian people have experienced as Putin growls … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, Authority, Blame, Broken Dreams, Broken Promises, Brutality, Capacity, Complicit, Contempt, Death March, Destruction, Dystopian, Empire, Identity Politics, Insight, Languish, Loyalty, Merciless Anger, Modern, Nation's Soul, Nightmare, Platonov's Chevengur, Poetry and Poems, Putin, Revolution, Russian, Russian Mind, Same, Soviet History, Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky, Total Despair, Ukraine, Unending Violence, Unholy Beast, Unleased, Utopia, Violence, Vision, War Crimes, Woe
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First Principles: The General Principles On Which the Fathers Achieved Independence Were the General Principles of Christianity
“The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient, Attributes of God, Avow, Believe, Christian Religion, Christianity, Equity, Eternal, Existence, First Principles, General Principles, Humanity, Immutable, Independence, John Adams, Modern, The Fathers, Times, Virtue, Wisdom
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First Principles: The General Principles On Which the Fathers Achieved Independence Were the General Principles of Christianity
“The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and … Continue reading
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Tagged Above All the Religons, Ancient, Attributes, Avow, Believe, Believed, Christian Religion, Christianity, Equity, Eternal, Exist, Existence, First Principles, General Principles, God, Humanity, Immutable, Independence, John Adams, Modern, Prevail, The Fathers, Virtue, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: My Idea of Christmas, Whether Old-Fashioned or Modern, Is Very Simple: Loving Others. Come To Think of It, Why Do We Have To Wait For Christmas To Do That?
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” – Bob Hope
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Tagged Bob Hope, Christmas, Do That, Idea, Loving Others, Modern, Old-Fashioned, Simple, Think, Thought For the Day, Wait, Why
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First Principles: All Sober Inquirers After Truth… Pagan and Christian, Have Declared That the Happiness of Man, As Well As His Dignity, Consists In Virtue
“We ought to consider what is the end of government before we determine which is the best form. Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient, Best Form, Christian, Consider, Dignity, Divine, End of Government, First Principles, Happiness, Individual, Inquirer, John Adams, Mankind, Modern, Moral Philosophers, Pagan, Society, Thoughts On Government, Truth, Virtue
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End of the Frontier
Between the 1870s to the early 1900s, American society became a vast sea of sea change in matters of all forms of transformation going on at once. End of the Frontier by Michael Doyle The travesty of the Civil War … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged America, Assimilation, Big, Big Business, Blessing, Bold, City, Civilization, Cohesion, Columbus, Commerce, Commodity, Corporation, Curse, Development, End, Exploration, Face, Family Business, Federal, Finance, Foreign Born, Frederick Turner, Frontier, Gains, Grand Review, Hero, History, Immigration, Industrialization, Industry, Infrastructure, JP Morgan, Labor, Losses, Melting Pot, Moderinization, Modern, Money, Moot, Nation, National Power, Nature, Oil, Peril, Photograph, Pluralism, Poem, Poetry, Population, Power, Profession, Providence, Railroad, Republican Values, Revitalization, Rockefeller, Salad, Sea Change, Society, Spirit of the West, Town, Transformation, Transportation, Unification, Urban, Virtue, Washington D.C., World Columbian Exposition
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Letters In the Window
Typography choices are fascinatingly subtle and yet make all the difference. I struggle with seeing this as art. But, indeed it truly is. Letters In the Window by Michael Doyle Letters blended with sophistication Dependent on the reader’s appreciation … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Art, Better, Black Letter, Canvas, Change, Crash, Culture, Design, Display, Ease, Ensnare, Eye, Font, Forward, Four, Geometry, Grip, Hype, Letters, Live, Manicules, Modern, Music, One Trick Pony, Oxygen, Parliment, Pause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Primitive, Puzzle, Rap, Reader, Signature Moment, Smile, Sophistication, Square, Style, Subtle, System, Tales, Tread, Type, Typography, View, Watch Face, Window, Words
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Thought For the Day: If Celebrating Christmas Is To Love Others, Why Do We Have To Wait All Year To Do That?
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” – Bob Hope
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Tagged Bob Hope, Christmas, Idea, Loving Others, Modern, My, Old Fashioned, Thought For the Day, Wait, Why
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Sonnet For A Modern Love
This 27th day of Na/GloPoWriMo raises the bar to writing a sonnet. They, whoever they is, say that sonnets are usually about romantic interests, dark ladies or distant men. Okay! I think I go this one. But, I’m going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Irish, Certain, Daily, Dark Lady, Day, Distance, Distant Man, Gift, Given Up, Happiness, Interest, Jest, Key, Love, Man, Modern, Monkey, Na/GloPoWriMo, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resistance, Right, Romance, Sonnet, Surprise, Survive, Sweet Dream, Tight, Wish, World
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 