Our seventh and final virtue is charity, or love.  Now, you might think it strange that we would consider the two as one and the same virtue—after all, we can love anything, while charity seems less about love than about...

Mon 5/20/2024 8:20 AM Our sixth and penultimate virtue is hope.  It is often misunderstood, and frequently confused with wishful thinking.  Epicurus took a rather dim view of hope when he said, “[d]o not spoil what you have by desiring...

First of all, congratulations on a most excellent performance last night.  I am so very proud of each and every one of you.  This morning, our virtue is Faith.  And last night’s program got me thinking, not just about Faith, but about...

Our fourth virtue is temperance, which is often described as self-control.  Aristotle called temperance the character of a person whose appetites are in harmony with his reason.  Now, if you study American history, you’ll read about the temperance movement, which...

Wed 5/15/2024 11:11 AM Plato said that “[j]ustice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.”  I might add that justice in the conduct of...

Our second virtue is Prudence.  Adam Smith, in his Theory of Moral Sentiments, wrote: “The prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to understand, and not merely to persuade other people that he understands it; and...

We’ve just seven and a half days of school remaining.  While it may be tempting to coast to the finish line, as Mrs. Spaulding reminded us all last week, it is so very important to finish well.  So, over the...

I had a hard time deciding what to talk about this morning.  A lot has happened on May 10 throughout history, and there’s a lot to choose from.  Christopher Columbus visited the Cayman Islands in 1503 and named them Las Tortugas,...

Thu 5/9/2024 8:19 AM One hundred and ten years ago today, on May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.  For those of you not paying attention, that means that...

Tue 5/7/2024 9:31 AM On May 7, 1711, three hundred and thirteen years ago today, Scottish philosopher David Hume was born in Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland.  Hume is best known for his idea that all human knowledge comes only from experience—that...