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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Two Years Before the Mast, Chapter 13 – Dana

We have previously discussed Two Years Before the Mast, Dana’s life, trade along the California coast, and how this book helped reform the life of the average sailor for the better.  This all being said, the tutorial planned out and established … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Be Willing To Bear Ridicule and Reproach For Truth’s Sake

“If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.” – Louisa May Alcott, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: We Need A Moral Reawakening Against Legalized Theft

“We cannot blame politicians for the spending that places our nation in peril. Politicians are doing precisely what the American people elect them to office to do — namely, use the power of their office to take the rightful property … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Two Years Before the Mast – Richard Henry Dana, Jr. 

Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana’s memoir of a two year sea voyage from Boston to California in 1834.  It was published in 1840.  The book was purposefully and deliberately written in sympathy for the treatment of the … Continue reading

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