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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Popular
Many is the misbegotten moments in time When things popular were not for the good And good deeds were mistreated as if a crime With either the populace or the rulers misunderstood But truth, as such, as a way of … Continue reading
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Tagged Conception, Daily Prompt, Misconsception, Popular, Principles, Truth, Wordpress
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First Principles: Wise Men Struggle For Liberty
It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope and pride. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is … Continue reading
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Tagged Anguish, First Principles, Hope, Liberty, Patrick Henry, Pride, Salvation, Struggle, Truth
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First Principles: To Have Freedom, You Must Defend It
“The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought.” – Samuel Adams, writing as Candidus in The Boston Gazette (October 14, 1771) Other writings by Samuel Adams may be read here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2092 … Continue reading
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Tagged Candidus, Defend, First Principles, Free, Freedom, Samuel Adams, The Boston Gazette, Truth, Value
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – That to Philosophise Is to Learne How to Die – Montaigne
“Que sçay-je?” “What do I know?” – Montaigne, in an Apology for Raymond Sebond Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Lord of Montaigne lived from February 28, 1533 through September 13, 1592. Considered one of the significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Essais, Harvard Classics, Life, Montaigne, That to Philosophise Is to Learne How to Die, Truth, Wisdom
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Irrelevant
It is irrelevant who might strive to be king If a place of ignorance is all that he will bring To raise the people to their proper height Requires freedom to debate what is right No one man can ever … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Freedom, Irrelevant, King, Knowledge, Light, People, Prosperity, Truth, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Always Seek For Truth Or Lose Your Ability To Love
“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself … Continue reading
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Tagged Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Lies, Love, Respect, Self Deception, The Brothers Karamazov, Truth
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Don’t Want to Disclose Truth Have Something To Hide
“The only people who don’t want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.” – Barak Obama Can I get a witness? Calling Mr. Barak Obama to the witness stand. His presidency is over. We can now subpoena … Continue reading
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Tagged Deceit, Disclose, Lies, Obama, Scandal, Thought For the Day, Truth, Work Place Violence
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First Principles: Science Opens Eyes To Truth
“All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Inquiry, Investigation, Rights of Man, Science, Thomas Jefferson, Truth
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Flood Protection
Luke 6:47-49 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+6%3A47-49&version=NIV Flood Protection by Michael Romani Beyond the shallows of the surface There is a life lived with Holy purpose Applying the words we have read Keeping these thoughts in my head It gives me that special flood … Continue reading
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Tagged Do, Holy, House of Prayer, Journey, Light, Living Deeper, Luke, New Testament, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Sermon, Truth
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Bleach Headed Coral Blues
Bleach Headed Coral Blues by Michael Romani Airport Reef Bleached white My heart knows grief At this horrifying sight White, as far as the eyes can see White, in a way that should never be There in all of its … Continue reading
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Tagged Airport Reef, Bleaching, Coral, Healing, Ocean, Photographs, Poetry, Reef, Responsibility, Stewardship, Truth
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 