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First Principles: The World Is Borrowed From Our Children
“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.” – John James Audubon A lot of modern day environmentalists and the like love to pretend that early … Continue reading
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Tagged Borrow, Conservation, Environment, First Principles, Give, John J Audubon, Nature, Protection, World
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First Principles: Power Should Be Restrained
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison, in Federalist 48 (1787) To read Federalist 48 in its entirety: http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa48.htm … Continue reading
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Tagged Encroach, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Law, Limits, Natural Law, Nature, Power, Restrain, The Federalist Papers
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Walking – Henry David Thoreau
Walking or The Wild is a seminal lecture first delivered by Henry David Thoreau at the Concord Lyceum on April 23, 1851. It is comprised of extracts from his journals and was finally published in its final form in the Atlantic Monthly … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Monthly, Environment, Essay, Harvard Classics, Humanity, Nature, Society, The Wild, Thoreau, Walking
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Thought For the Day: Nature, Art & Poetry Are Enough
“…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” – Vincent van Gogh And that’s pretty much what I have had today. After multiple hours dealing with computer technical issues and … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Enough, Nature, Poetry, Thought For the Day, Vincent van Gogh
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Moumou’s Square
There are many parts of Second Life that are representative of the real life places that we know and love. One such place is Moumou’s Square. It is inspired by Languedoc-Roussillon. In reality it is located in southern France … Continue reading
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Tagged Beehives, Canal, Languedoc-Roussillon, Lavender, Mediterranean, Moumou's Square, Nature, Oak Tree, Second Life, Surreal, Wine
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