James Madison noted about the American founding that “[i]n Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example … of charters of power granted by liberty. This revolution in the practice of the world, may,...
“An incident is told of the first American war, about an officer who set his men to fell some trees which were needed to make a bridge. There were not nearly enough men, and work was getting on very slowly....
Every morning, we start the day with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a song about our country. But why? What’s so great about America? And anyway, in a school concerned with knowledge and virtue, what does honoring our...
J.R.R. Tolkien said: “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” Emily Dickinson gives an answer: I had no time to hate, becauseThe grave would hinder me,And life was not so ample...
Sojourner Truth, the former slave, who with her freedom became a great, abolitionist crusader, once said: “God will take care of the poor trampled slave, but where will the slaveholder be when eternity begins?” We’ve been talking about time this...
Benjamin Franklin said that “If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.” Michelangelo agreed: “There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.” The difficulty is, how do we know if...
How long is an hour? I can see on most of your faces that you don’t particularly care about the answer to that question. “However long it is,” you’re thinking, “I just want that hour of sleep back.” Fair enough. ...
One of the great errors of modern thinking is the notion of complete originality—the idea that we can be or do something that is entirely of ourselves, not borrowed or imitated or conformed in any way. This is especially true...
When I walk the halls of the school with guests, they always stop and stare at the art you have created. They marvel at its beauty; they comment on its design; they are stunned by its excellence; and they often...
I suspect most of your peers at other schools probably don’t take Latin. But, did you know that Latin used to be common in American schools? In fact, there was a time when getting into college required fluency in Latin...
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