Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. One day all three of them decided they would build a house. The first two little pigs took the inexpensive, fast, and easy way; the first, building his house out of straw, and the second building his house out of sticks. The third […]
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Frederick Douglass (circa 1818 – February 20, 1895), former slave, was an American abolitionist, women’s suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Douglass is one of the most prominent figures in African-American and United States history. He was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, Native American, or recent immigrant. “I
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By Nicole Symmonds, August 22, 2013, at www.urbanfaith.com (See Meditation #149) Antoinette Tuff’s courage and faith saved many lives and can teach us a great deal. (We have been inspired by this) school bookkeeper who courageously talked Michael Brandon Hill out of going through with a shooting rampage at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy
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Everyone knows that money cannot buy happiness, but few live as though they believe that. Therefore, they are unable to be satisfied with what money they do have, no matter how much it may be. In this, more than in any other area, we see the truth of what Samuel Johnson said when he
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George Washington Carver (1864-1943) was one of the 20th century’s greatest scientists. He rose from slavery to become one of the world’s most respected and honored men. He devoted his life to understanding nature and applied his knowledge to the area of agriculture. He is best known for developing crop-rotation methods for conserving
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Our society drowns in information, but remains parched in wisdom. “We have a surplus of information, but it is completely uncoordinated,” wrote Philip Slater in The Pursuit of Loneliness. James Burke in The Knowledge Web pointed out that one of the hallmarks of our age is that we “know more and more about
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