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First Principles: Let Us Tenderly and Kindly Cherish, Therefore, the Means of Knowledge. Let Us Dare To Read, Think, Speak, and Write.
“Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.”– John Adams
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Tagged Cherish, Dare, First Principles, John Adams, Means of Knowledge, Read, Speak, Tenderly, Think, Us, Write
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First Principles: I Think All the World Would Gain By Setting Commerce At Perfect Liberty
“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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Tagged Commerce, First Principles, Gain, Liberty, Perfect, Setting, Think, Thomas Jefferson, World
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Na/GloPoWriMo #18: “I Began My Life…”
Na/GloPoWriMo #18: “I Began My Life…” by Michael Doyle Grabbing this pony by the bridle Chapters do not really need a title That seems wisest, he quietly said And yet that’s not the task, replied his head So alright, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Attempts, Borrow This, Bridle, Chapters, Clever, Collection, David Copperfield, Doubt, Drink, End, Fall On Deaf Ears, Familiar, Friend, Good One, Head, Hint, I Began My Life, I Don't Like It, Instead, Lost, Manage, Meager Musings, My Mind, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nobility, Of My Own Account, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Pony, Poor David, Quiet, Rational Thought, Reply, Sake, Shut, Simplicity, Sipping, Task, Think, Think of Me, Those Sought, Title, Tremendous Phrases, Wise, Wonder What It's About, Wondered, Yield
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First Principles: Character Is Like A Tree and Reputation Like A Shadow. The Shadow Is What We Think of It; the Tree Is the Real Thing
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Character, First Principles, Real Thing, Reputation, Shadow, Think, Tree
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In the Sneeze of A Sweet Blink
In the Sneeze of A Sweet Blinkby Michael DoyleIn the sneeze of a sweet blinkShe was deeper than I’d thinkBreathing through my old heartNever to ever want to departThe memories that we buildWhether at home or afieldAre those that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Afield, All My Heart, Always Keep, At Least This Clever, Between the Lines, Blink, Breathing, Build, Cherish, Constantly, Deeper, Depart, Dreams, Each Other Cares, Ever Together, Forever, Heart, Home, I Write, Know, Know Enough, Knowing, Link, Love You, Memories, Our Love, Poetry and Poems, Promises, Said, Share, She, Sighed, Smiles, Sneeze, Start, Sweet Love, Sweetest Dream, The Words, Think, Times, Tried, Trust, What I Need, Will Always Abide, Yet To Sleep, You Read
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First Principles: No Man Has A More Perfect Reliance On the Alwise and the Powerful Dispensations of the Supreme Being Than I Nor Thinks His Aid More Necessary
“No Man has a more perfect Reliance on the alwise, and powerful dispensations of the Supreme Being than I have nor thinks his aid more necessary.” – George Washington
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Tagged Dispensations, First Principles, George Washington, His Aid, Necessary, No Man, On the Allwise, Perfect Reliance, Powerful, Supreme Being, Think
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Hymn To the 2020 Christmas Star
Hymn To the 2020 Christmas Starby Michael Doyle 2020 has been a year soul revealingCovid and larceny were ever stealingAny hope for semblance of hopefulnessDenying any hint of serenity and bliss We cried and wondered out of hopeTrying our best … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Abide, Above Us, Advent, Angels, Baby Child, Bad Day, Beacon, Bliss, Blossom, Bow, Bright, Broken Hearts, Burn, Cherish, Christmas Day, Christmas Star, Comfort, Cope, Covid, Cry, Darkness, Deny, Embrace, Faces, Faith, Fallen, Far, Form, Found, Function, Giving Love, Glory to God, Good Will, Grace of God, Great Conjunction, Heavens, Herald, Hint, Hints, Holy Light, Hope, Hopefulness, Hymn, Joy, Jupiter, Larceny, Lean, Loom, Manger, Memories, Moments In Time, Morning, Most of Us, Near, Never Second Best, News, Night, Our Test, Peace On Earth, Perish, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Rearrange, Revealing, Right, Saturn, Semblance, Serenity, Shadows, Share, Shine, Sing, Skies, Sky, Soul, Spiral, Spirits, Star, Stealing, Strange, Subside, Sweet Sorrow, The Christmas Star, The Lord, Think, Tonight, Truth, Try Our Best, Virgin Birth, Whisper, Wish It Away, Wishing, Women and Men, Wonder, Wondrous, Year
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