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Calvin Coolidge: Old Thoughts but Forever Truths

6/20/2022

"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good."

Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States

Picture of the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge.

Calvin Coolidge: Wiki Commons

"We do not need more national development, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more law, we need more religion.

"We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen."

Calvin Coolidge

"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."

Calvin Coolidge

I have just finished reading Volume I of "The Forbes Scrapbook of Thoughts on the Business of Life." It is amazing how just reading a few of the thoughts of a man or woman can be enough to make me wonder why I was never taught more about great men and women of American history … or, maybe, to keep the blame where it best rests:

Why I have been negligent in my studies until I am an old man who can see the end of days ahead? Do not waste thy youth, young man or woman!

Peter E. Greulich

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J. Kenfield Morley: Old Thoughts but Forever Truths

6/13/2022

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"I can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or I can rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

"It's how you look at it."

J. Kenfield Morley,
THINK Magazine, February 1936

This quote also shows up credited to Mr. Morley in B. C. Forbes' Scrapbook of Thoughts: Volume I from 1953. Trying to find information on Mr. Morley proved challenging. It seems that if Wikipedia doesn't know about you, you just don't exist, eh? Which means I don't exist either, right? (Thank God!)

So, I did a little digging, and this is what I found.

Who was J. Kenfield Morley? J. Kenfield Morley was a Sales Promotion Manager for the Bell & Howell Company, Chicago, Illinois. He wrote the article, "Some Things I Believe" that was printed in the February, 1937 issue of The Rotarian.

This quote was not in this article, but there are a multitude of other quotes. Here are a few that seem as relevant today, as they seemed to Mr. Morley some 85 years ago.

I believe that the facilities of modern travel have made it increasingly difficult to escape the vulgarian.

J. Kenfield Morley

I believe that a man can save 20 years of his life by studying the experience of others.
I believe that if a person could have half his wishes, he would treble his troubles
I believe that you may surround a skunk with plush and velvet, but he’ll always be a skunk.
I believe that the real cost of anything is the amount of work required to earn the money to purchase it.
I believe the recipe for happiness to be just enough money to pay the monthly bills you acquire, a little surplus to give you confidence, a little too much work each day, enthusiasm for your work, a substantial share of good health, a couple of real friends, and a wife and children to share life’s beauty with you.

Cheers,

- Peter E.

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General Manton S. Eddy: Old Thoughts but Forever Truths

5/23/2022

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"In a world where so much seems to be hidden by the smoke of falsity and moral degeneration, we Americans must grasp firmly the ideals which have made this country great.

Image of infantrymen on D-Day landing on Omaha beach.

"A revival of old-fashioned patriotism and a grateful acknowledgment of what our country has done for us would be good for all our souls.

"We must reaffirm the basic human values that have guided our forefathers."

General Manton S. Eddy, 1950
The Forbes Scrapbook of Thoughts, Volume I

A thought to consider as Memorial Day is upon us one more time. "What our country has done for us" is "what each of us (and our forefathers) have done as individuals for their fellow citizens." Many have given their lives for our freedoms. Select the image above or the link below to read about Peter E. Greulich's experience with one man who never returned from war.

In Memory of Those Who Never Returned

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Phelps Adams: Old Thoughts but Forever Truths

5/17/2022

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"Capitalism and socialism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this:

Picture of house on a hill overlooking the ocean from Pixabay.

"In socialism, the leadership sees rich individuals and their fine homes, and screams: 'No individual should have so much.'

"In capitalism, the leadership sees the same thing and goes to work to ensure that, 'All men should have as much.' "

Adapted and updated by Peter E. Greulich from a Phelps Adams' quotation
The Forbes Scrapbook of Thoughts, 1950

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Woodrow Wilson: Old Thoughts but Forever Truths

5/16/2022

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"By justice the lawyer generally means the prompt, fair, and open application of impartial rules: but we call ours a Christian civilization, and a Christian conception of justice must be much higher.

Picture of Woodrow Wilson and wife at the Opening Ceremony for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

"It must include sympathy and helpfulness and a willingness to forego self-interest in order to promote the welfare, happiness, and contentment of others and of the community as a whole. . . .

"The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually."

Woodrow Wilson, "The Road Away from Revolution"

Read Woodrow Wilson's Last Article: Dictated to His Wife on His Death Bed.

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