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Tag Archives: quotations
Two voices, two centuries, one timeless truth
At once time Mr. Douglass was travelling in the state of Pennsylvania, and was forced, on account of his colour, to ride in the baggage-car, in spite of the fact that he had paid the same price for his passage … Continue reading
A reading on the Presidency: The Ship of State Turns Not Easily
Another reading from The Twilight of the Presidency: Newton’s first law holds that a body at rest will remain at rest and a body in motion will continue in motion along the same line until acted upon by an outside … Continue reading
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A reading on the Presidency: A Man Divided?
The president really has two jobs. The first that has received is that of his managerial role, his responsibility for handling the nation’s affairs. Coupled with that is his role of personifying the nation and becoming thereby the unifying factor … Continue reading
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Ad Astra Per Aspera
A reading from Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot, set to utterly perfect music. We were hunters and foragers — the frontier was everywhere. We were bounded only by the earth, and the ocean, and the sky. The open road still … Continue reading
"They cannot conquer forever!" said Frodo
Lewis expressed a similar thought in his nonfiction, The Weight of Glory: “A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion; to ignore the subject may be fatal cowardice for one … Continue reading
Imaginative Cosmopolis: A Reading
From Jasmine and Stars: Reading More than Lolita in Tehran, Fatemeh Keshavarz In faint voices that reach us from across the globe, there is the recognition of our shared humanity. In laughing at the same joke, feeling the same pain, or … Continue reading
Words from little America
“There are many, many Americas — there’s a televised America, one that consists of The View and Katie Couric and Jenner — there’s that America. But then there’s the America I experience, the America you never see on television. It’s … Continue reading
Selections from Musonius Rufus
These are a few passages from Ben White’s modern interpretation of Musonius Rufus’ lessons and fragments. Prologue:Of everything that exists, God has put some in our control, some not. He has put the noblest and most excellent thing in our … Continue reading
Desolation Laughing
Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean toward each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. … Continue reading
On Free Will
Suppose for a moment, that we define a virtuous act as bowing in the direction of Mecca every day at sunset. We attempt to persuade everyone to perform this act. But suppose that instead of relying on voluntary conviction we … Continue reading
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