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Daily Archives: November 19, 2002
Dancing in Depends
After seeing a special tonight on PBS on the life of Benjamin Franklin, I thought it was appropriate to pull out of the archives a little meandering piece I wrote about 10 years ago on the Declaration of Independence. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Poems, Statements
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, definitions, The Declaration of Independence
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Thoughts in these Increasing Militaristic Times
“As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.” — Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged Edward Gibbon, freedom, George Orwell, politics, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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