A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
quote by Frederick Douglass
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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
quote by Denis Diderot
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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
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The Battling of a Nation
The inevitable battle strikes the awesome nation,
We call this town a nation of strength, the battle.
Itself the battle climbs, to put on an action of wounds,
The unavoidable victory is theirs, the defeat even theirs.
The battling may become a studied nation,
The work of bright light, a final lunch and an act of carnage
That belittles us if we were a nation of strong acts.
The battle shall learn more from the defeated,
The vanquished are celebrating an ion and atom,
The defeated are celebrating an awesome molecule.
poem by Naveed Akram
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There is nothing left now for us but to get ever deeper and deeper into debt to the banking system in order to provide the increasing amounts of money the nation requires for its expansion and growth.
quote by Frederick Soddy
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Six – Day War
Forty years after the war,
through out nation, which silent dew
the six- day war, but
Its reverberate, still in nation
thousands of lost their lives,
In barely 144 hours;
but the bloodier repercussions
forty year later, the blossoms of flowers,
spread above the nation in mist
and they were in initial hope,
suffered from humiliation;
the town, in six-day war
the moral treat of war;
flip sides of the coin on town
the narrow street, of blood
but not me, as some one bound
the moral treat, on doubtless future
the political treat, on less vision
an independent political voice
feeble, but barely audible
the aim to be end, but
the never ended war
for a dream to town.
poem by I.p. Gopikrishnan Pisharody
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It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? for the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone. That is where the writer scores over his fellows: he catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind; how the observation of last year seems childish, superficial; how this year — even this week — even with this new phrase — it seems to us that we have grown to a new maturity. It may be a fallacious persuasion, but at least it is stimulating, and so long as it persists, one does not stagnate.
quote by Vita Sackville-West
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Battle Of Armegeddon
Written by roy acuff and odell mcleod
Recorded by hank williams, senior
Courtesy of steve raineault
Theres a mighty battle coming and its well now on its way.
Itll be fought at armageddon, it shall be a sad, sad day.
In the book of revelation, words in chapter sixteen say
Therell be gathered there great armies for that battle on that day.
(refrain)
All the way from the gates of eden to the battle of armageddon
Theres been trobles and tribulation, therell be sorrow and despair.
He has said "ye not be troubled for these things shall come to pass."
Then your life will be eternal when you dwell with him at last.
Turn the pages of your bible, in st. matthew you will see,
Start with chapter twenty-four and read from one to thirty-three.
In our saviors blessed words he said on earth, he prophesised,
For he spoke of this great battle that is coming by and by.
(refrain)
Therell be nation against nation, therell be war and rumor of war.
Therell be great signs in heaven, in the sun, the moon, the stars.
Oh, the hearts of been shall fail them, therell be gnashing of the teeth.
Those who seek it will recieve it, mercy at the saviors feet.
(refrain)
song performed by by Hank Williams
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The Battle Of Armageddon
Written by roy acuff and odell mcleod
Recorded by hank williams, senior
Courtesy of steve raineault
Theres a mighty battle coming and its well now on its way.
Itll be fought at armageddon, it shall be a sad, sad day.
In the book of revelation, words in chapter sixteen say
Therell be gathered there great armies for that battle on that day.
(refrain)
All the way from the gates of eden to the battle of armageddon
Theres been trobles and tribulation, therell be sorrow and despair.
He has said ye not be troubled for these things shall come to pass.
Then your life will be eternal when you dwell with him at last.
Turn the pages of your bible, in st. matthew you will see,
Start with chapter twenty-four and read from one to thirty-three.
In our saviors blessed words he said on earth, he prophesised,
For he spoke of this great battle that is coming by and by.
(refrain)
Therell be nation against nation, therell be war and rumor of war.
Therell be great signs in heaven, in the sun, the moon, the stars.
Oh, the hearts of been shall fail them, therell be gnashing of the teeth.
Those who seek it will recieve it, mercy at the saviors feet.
(refrain)
song performed by by Hank Williams
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Reflection and refraction.
As long as we do not pay,
another human well,
we will not be paid well.
As long as we do not appreciate,
the intelligence and innocence,
we will not be appreciated.
As long as we are not aware,
of our own strength and weakness,
we will not be enlightened.
As long as we do not love,
and understand another human,
we will not be loved and understood.
As long as another man's face,
does not smile at us, realize,
his face is our reflection.
poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi
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Lost myself in my Reflection
Who is this girl
This reflection I see
For this is not me
What have I done
I turned myself into
An unexplentation person
For I see a stranger
She is staring at me
Where has my reflection gone
For all i see is...is
This girl with a helpless look
Have I lost myself
Lost myself in this unknown world
Lost myself while seaching for my identity
Now not only have I lost myself
But i lost my soul as well
poem by Ashley Jamie
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Simple Observation #89 - Something which is quite easily gained can.......
Something which is quite easily gained can just as easily be lost
but that which is painstakingly acquired is done so at great cost.
poem by George Krokos
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The Insertion
The insertion,
The infection;
The inspection,
The section;
And this action was part of the reflections of your muse!
The attention,
The reflection;
The nation,
The inspection;
And this project was part of your muse!
The notification,
The pacification;
The attention,
The observation;
However, we need the laws to guide us on.
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.
It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune and when you have got it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it.
quote by Mayer Amschal Rothschild
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War + Lives - add Love = Freedom
A nation born from war, for the “purpose” of establishing freedom
A nation divided in war, in an “attempt” to fulfill the goal of freedom
A nation engaged in world wars, in the task of “preserving” freedom
A nation policing the world, in the “pursuit” of freedom
So many young lives have been lost, for the “cause” of freedom
Let us remember those who paid the “ultimate price, ” for freedom
And dear God, please tell us! - “What! ” - is freedom?
“Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing
To play in face of certain defeat.” Ralph Ellison
'We need not war'
We need not war, to show us how freedom is made
What we need is love to show us how freedom is played.
For freedom is not - but to “do as we please”
But rather to “please others” - because of what we achieve
“To serve requires love, only with love to we attain freedom”
poem by Dave Tanguay
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Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost.
quote by Douglas Haig
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Love That Makes You
Is it only friendly love that makes you to energize?
Living in full memory to show something and organize?
I fully acknowledge the fact and politely sympathize
As person should never be discouraged or cut to the size
Every individual has his own moral and some ethics
He may have different thinking and basics
We can’t force on him some outdated standard
As life is meant for looking forward
Some of the gestures are well appreciated all the times
Whether it comes to the making of new friends sometimes
Or making fantastic search for life companion
That all works on same pattern to seek a union
It is source of great inspiration
There may lie many questions
As to how it must be tackled
And how to remove it from being mislead
It is weakness of human mind that person is blinded
By outer beauty and sometimes not at all bonded
It requires great courage and peace of mind
As we try to seek and go in search for new find
Once mind is set then there won’t be further delay
It may result in to great surprises and much to our dismay
Yet it is life and one ex expected to honor his verdict
As the life is precious and has unique feature as distinct
You can’t function in isolation
Somewhere or at some point you want good relation
You got to walk with in harmony and in tune
As you are subjected to an error and not completely immune
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Humdrum & Humble
Mistress of the mind
Take me where the air is clean
Ignorance is kind
Emerald and evergreen
30 days september, year of miracle and grief
Through the haze, remember
Youre an animal, not a mineral
And we won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war, won the battle
Won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Colour for the colourblind
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Through the human eye
Nature a soul extreme
Nothing seems to die
Pictures in a magazine
Through the maze, precisely
Through the myriad of schemes
With your gaze, entice me
Like an animal, not a mineral
And we won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war, won the battle
Won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Colour for the colourblind
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Through the maze, precisely
Through the myriad of schemes
With your gaze, entice me
Like an animal, not a mineral
And we won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war, won the battle
Won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Colour for the colourblind
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Rubishing the phillistines
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
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To hold on
Again it is tiring out the spirit
The lantern looses shine as reflects as dimly lit
It is loosing grip slowly and giving away the ground
Nothing seems to be within reach and nicely found
As days try to end
Let whole world come to you and befriend
Let every one know what you did
Have some slice from bread if they need
Had enough of to hold on
Nothing was allowed to be gone
Everything utilized for common good
If anything others can learn from us and digest as food
So what! If the work was not appreciated by a lot
So what! If the battle was lost without firing a single shot
Yet there was enough of gain to show to the world
It was end of hostility and animosity and nothing more to hold
It is making me feel great as if on top the roof
It requires no words for appreciation as proof
It was done with clear aim of giving comfort
The ship was to be anchored safely at the port
How many remained behind me as shield?
How many deserted me in the battle field?
How could tell all that I was not at fault?
It has come from trusted as shock from the bolt
My entire youth is not spent on futile things
It has to do entirely different for something
It had something to do with public awareness
I don’t have to narrate it in any fairness
It will be considered as an affront to pride
It will be of no use if resorted to seek favor and hide
I have done nothing to jeopardize the common interest
It was done all keeping everything in mind and serve as best
Today I am on decline
No one prefers even to sit and dine
It is not the treatment I deserve at the end
I still wish them all the success as best friend
I know it may be raining at my departure
I had prepared for it as I was sure
Not all may realize it as simple courtesy
Someone may definitely come near and convey
Dud, you have done best and may go down as brave
You have done it till the last and have nothing more to save
You may be remembered as bye gone days but with respect
This is known to all as it has always remained as cruel fact
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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