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First Principles: Religion, In Its Purity, Is…Obedience To God In Improvement of Self and Benevolence To Men
“Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Beneevolence, Faith, First Principles, Foundation, God, High and Holy, Holiness, Improvement of SElf, Jonathan Edwards, Mankind, Obedience, Purity, Pursuit, Religion, Temper, Works
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First Principles: Nature Intended Me For the Tranquil Pursuits of Science, By Rendering Them My Supreme Delight
“Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged First Principles, Nature, Pursuit, Render, Science, Supreme Delight, Thomas Jefferson, Tranquil
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Clown Suits Leapfrog To Stolen Policies
Clown Suits Leapfrog To Stolen Policesby Michael DoyleI’ve almost never been prone toward snipeEven regarding Comrade Kamala’s media hypeAdmittedly, it could be an amusing pursuitTo discuss a career begun playing a curious fluteNow she’s playing with a basket of populismOpenly … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Basket of Populism, Both Sides, Career, Clown Suit, Communist Collective, Comrade Kamala Harris, Convention Floor, Deference, Dismal Times, DNC, Economic, Economic Perspective, Flip the Script, Flute, Focus, Forgot, Healthy, Humanity, Hyporcisy, Ignore, Incriminating Experience, Integral, Joe Biden, Kamala Buzz, Leap Frog, Masses, Media Hype, Memory, Monetary Gains, Mystery, Never Worked, Optimism, Oraters, Pattern, Poetry and Poems, Prroud, Purposes, Pursuit, Re-Written History, Self-Celebration, Services, Sideshow, Six Years, Skeptical Mind, Skin Suit, Snipe, Steal, Stolen Policies, Thrust, Trivial Pursuit, Trump, Trust, Wealthy, Who Did What
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Profit and Schemes
Profit and Schemesby Michael DoyleIt’s hard to tell the differenceBetween the pursuit of profit and schemesThe wise pirate holds great reverenceFor the pirate captain’s dreamsLandlubbers hold their stockIn the mild talk of stabilityBut an adventurer holds to the talkOf betting … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Adventurer, All Business, Bet, Black, Captain, Coming Back, Deals, Difference, Dreams, Fall, Greed, Holding Fast, Hope, Ideal, Knot, Landlubbers, Life, Misunderstood, Money, Pirate's Life, Pirate's Pride, Poetry and Poems, Profit and Schemes, Promise, Pursuit, Reality, Recall, Revereence, Shade, Sincerity, Speed, Stability, Stock, Strength, Stumble, Talk, Tell, The Crew, Wagered Bet, Wise Pirate
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Life Under the Black Sail
Life Under the Black Sailby Michael DoyleUnder the black sailIt’s hard to trustBut if you’re to surviveYou find you really mustIn this world There is always doubtBut it’s never acknowledgedOr often talked aboutThis is a placeWhere among the plans conceivedAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledged, Another, Black Sail, Certainty, Conceived, Conspiracy, Dance, Doubt, Exciting, Find, Gold, Half-Believed, Hard, Inviting, Lifee, Must, One Chance In Three, Pirate, Place, Plans, Poetry and Poems, Pursuit, Survive, Tales, Talked About, Told, Trust, Truth, Urgency, World
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Thought For the Day: The Pursuit of Truth and Beauty Is A Sphere of Activity In Which We Are Permitted To Remain Children All Our Lives
“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.” -Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (14 Mar 1879-1955)
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Tagged Activity, Albert Einstein, Beauty, Children, Lives, Permit, Pursuit, Remain, Sphere, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government. It Is the End of Civil Society
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Bounds of Authority, Civil Society, Constitution, End, Exigency, First Principles, Government, Ijury, James Madison, Justice, Justisy, Liberty, Lost, Obtain, Powers, Pursue, Pursuit, Standard, The People, Tyrannical Use
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Jake LaMotta’s Blackened Blues
Jake LaMotta’s Blackened Bluesby Michael DoyleWith the pressure of coal refractiveIn a life hard lived and extractiveA diamond’s aspects glitter in their huesThe Bronx Bull lived his blackened bluesWhen out of the ring, his prowess was as abusiveAs his desire … Continue reading
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Tagged Abusive, Aspects, Blackened, Blues, Born, Brown Down, Bruises, Caged Canary, Champion, Cheers, Coal, Contest, Crown, Cure, Currency, Desire, Destiny, Elusive, Endure, Extractive, Feel, Fight, Footwork, Found, Go Down, Hard Life, Harm, Hues, Jabs, Jake LaMotta, Jeers, Journey, Kock Out, Life, Life Hard Lived, Love, Night After Night, No Good Answers, Outrun, Parade, Poetry and Poems, Pressure, Prowess, Punch, Pursuit, Push Beyond, Refractive, Remember, Ring, Shadow Box, Shakespearian Quest, Sing, Sir Olivier, Soured Life, Sugar Ray, Tears, The Bronx Bull, The Raging Bull, Treadmill, Unknown, Walls, Wish, Wonder, Years
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