Testing To Open The Economy Safely

We cannot ensure success, but we can deserve it.
—  Joseph Addison
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On This Day In:
2019	Or Thought I’d Thought
2018	Go And Dare
2017	And Wealth A Poor Substitute For Ability
2016	Neither Darkness Nor Shadows
2015	It Took Roots
2014	Hard Evidence
2013	Full Participation
2012	Roving (Again)
	Ooops, Again
2011	Why Not?

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Measured Faith

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny.
—  Joseph Addison
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On This Day In:
2013	April Fool, n.
2012	Faith, Ego And Patriotism
	As It Happens
2011	What Counts

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Inside The Soul

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
—    Joseph Addison
[I’m just trying to chip away at the extra bits to reveal what’s inside.    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2013	A Toe In The River
2012	Believe It Or Not
2011	The Road To Recovery (And More Myths)

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Happy New Year – 2014!

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
—  Joseph Addison
[How’s that for an addition to your New Year’s resolutions?  Happy New Year’s everyone!  —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2013	Another New Year’s Thought (In Case It Rains)
	Happy New Year – 2013!
2012	Best Wishes For 2012!
	Where Did You Spend New Year’s Eve?
2011	Happy New Year (2011)!!

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Both

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
—    Joseph Addison
[Musta been talkin’ ’bout Rush Limbaugh…    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2012	That’s Success!
2011	Losing At Dominos
2010	1,001

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Trifles

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.  These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
—    Joseph Addison
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On This Day In:
2012	Simple, Ordinary And Wonderous
2011	Humane Writers

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Seeking Success?

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
—    Joseph Addison
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On This Day In:
2012	All Aboard
2011	Sail On, Sailor

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Three Essentials

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
—   Joseph Addison
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On This Day In:
2012	Just Looking
2011	Religious Lessons
2010	View From Under The Bus… (A mid-term report card on the Obama Administration.  Long, but still worth reading for historical perspective.)

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