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Thought For the Day: He Who Has Struggled Constantly With His Ills Becomes Hardened Through Suffering and Yields To No Misfortune
“Bodies grown fat through sloth are weak, and not only labour, but even movement and their very weight cause them to break down. Unimpaired prosperity cannot withstand a single blow; but he who has struggled constantly with his ills becomes … Continue reading
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Tagged Blow, Bodies, Breakdown, Constant, Falls, Fat, Fights, Harden, Ills, Knees, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Misfortune, Prosperity, Sloth, Struggle, Suffering, Thought For the Day, Unimpaired, Weak, Withstand, Yields
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Thought For the Day: Society Cannot Trample On the Weakest and Feeblest of Its Members Without Receiving the Curse In Its Own Soul
“We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.” – Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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Tagged Bound Up, Curse, Feeblest, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Humanity, Members, Society, Soul, Thought For the Day, Together, Trample, We, Weak
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To Become A Knight
To be a knight is to be a servant for the country and its people. To Become A Knight by Michael Doyle The darkness is coming There’s no use in running Ruthlessly conquering as it comes It brings us to … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Awaken, Become, Blame, Boy, Brave, Burn, Call, Can, Come, Conquer, Consign, Country, Crush, Cunning, Darkness, Day, Destruction, Devour, Do, Eyes, Far, Fate, Fight, Fire, Flame, Found, Ground, Heart, Heed, Hero, Hold, Hour, Instincts, Knees, Knight, Knighthood, Knock, Learn, Lesson, Lust, Martial Styles, Mind, Need, Noble, Numb, Pass, People, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Power, Prepare, Prophecy, Protector, Rider, Role, Run, Savage, See, Servant, Servant of God, Sign, Soul, Spread, Start, Straight, Surplus, Survive, Take, Trial, True, Unholy, Warrior, Way, Weak, Will, Word, World, Zero
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First Principles: However Weak Our Country May Be, I Hope We Shall Never Sacrifice Our Liberties
“However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties. .” – Alexander Hamilton
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Be, Country, First Principles, Hope, Liberty, Never, Sacrifice, Weak
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A New Nation Born Pt I
In a continuing cycle on America, we look at the Revolutionary War through England’s defeat at Yorktown: A New Nation Born Pt I by Michael Doyle Let’s have no sense of delusion The united states were but illusion Or, perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged Allusion, America, American Crisis, Army, Bolder, Brith, British Crown, Certainty, Change, Character, Christmas Eve, Colonial, Common Sense, Confusion, Continental Congress, Contribution, Credible, Cross, Dawn, Defense, Delaware, Delusion, Discontent, Dues, Encourage, England, Even, Exhaustion, Fabric, Family, Fragility, Fragmentation, French, General, George Washington, Glory, Hard Times, Hessians, Hope, Landing, Lead, Legacy, Length, Level, Lost, Loyalty, Nation, Navy, New, Odds, Offensive, Pay, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Position, Rag Tag, Revolutionary War, Saratoga, Society, Staten Island, Story, Strength, Summer Soldier, The World Turned Upside Down, Thirds, Thomas Paine, Thrust, Tilt, Triumph, Truth, United States, Valley Forge, Van Steuben, Victory, War, Weak, Will, Winter, Words, Yorktown
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First Principles: However Weak Our Country May Come To Be, I Hope We Never Sacrifice Our Liberties
“However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.” – Alexander Hamilton
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First Principles: A Nation, Despicable By Its Weakness, Forfeits Even the Privilege of Being Neutral
“The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 11
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Tagged Adequate, Alexander Hamilton, Defend, Federalist Papers, First Principles, Forfeit, Nation, Neutral, Neutrality, Power, Privilege, Respect, Rights, Weak
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First Principles: The Battle Is Not To the Strong Alone; It Is To the Vigilant, the Active, the Brave
“We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power… The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Active, Alone, Battle, Brave, First Principles, God, Nature, Patrick Henry, Power, Proper Use, Strong, Vigilant, Weak
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Thought For the Day: Argument Established By Noise and Command Shows Weakness In Reason
“He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak.” – Michel De Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592)
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Tagged Argument, Command, Establish, Michel de Montaigne, Noise, Reason, Show, Thought For the Day, Weak
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The Rock
A poem of gratitude #19: The Rock by Michael Romani Steadfast in the rock that is my messiah Sadly, I still fall victim to my worse desires Like Peter, I know that I would have lied If I falsely stated, … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Blame, Blasphemy, Broken, Chill, Confidence, Deny, Depth, Desire, Destination, Doubt, Fade, Faith, Garden of Gethsemane, Grace, Gratitude, Hesitation, Kingdom, Lie, Lord, Men, Messiah, Moment, Moon, Obedience, Olive, Peter, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Rock, Sacrifcice, Self, Shadow, Shame, Sin, Soul, Steadfast, Stray, Strength, Suffice, Temptation, Weak, Wholeness, Wisdom
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