Awaiting The Polisher

I consider a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body of it.
—     Joseph Addison
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On This Day In:
2020	I Don’t Want To Get Any Older…
	Maybe I’ll See You There
2019	Free At Last!
2018	Some Basic Virtues
	Day 17: Fit In 48’s
2017	Too Soon We Part…
	Rigorous And Difficult
2016	Where And Why
2015	The Beauty Of Thy Voice
2014	Faith In Men
2013	An Average Verge
2012	Dew Drop Secrets
2011	Champion Freedom

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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 Dominoes
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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