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A life wasted…
July 18, 2014 by GuyHeilenman Email This Post
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We were not designed to spend our days consumed with self, meaningless activity, and various forms of virtual reality (note: a quick search on the Rare Newspapers website for “self”, “meaningless activity”, and “virtual reality” is returned void). The following article found in a National Intelligencer from November 21, 1848 is worth pondering:
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Filed under: Food for Thought, Pre Civil War
Tagged: 1848, 19th century, Food for Thought
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So much truth in such a short passage. It would be good if our younger population could comprehend its meaning; hopefully, most can.
🙂 Thanks for the thought.