Thanks, Doug
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Subject:Re: A prince to Elidius
Sounds abut right; or, Ive heard this before.
Neatly gathers is perverse strength as it goes along, Lawrence…
Doug
On 2013-02-13, at 11:06 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
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> Elid, I cannot take these prim speeches
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> any more. I must refute your stances.
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> That is, I should have done before today.
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> I would they were undone thereby, annulled,
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> but you have uttered. They stand between
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> not just you and me; but they block, also,
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> the interactions of the community.
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> Dissension makes all less and less secure.
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> I could absorb your nonsense; I am strong;
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> but people hear; and they think otherwise;
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> while someone notices, many probably,
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> if we meet secretly or in private.
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> There is no privacy in politics
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> and secrecy should be deniable.
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> So please cooperate. Do not resist.
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> I lawfully govern all of this space
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> and you are part of it. You are governed.
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> I charge you to obey and not demur
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> from any judgment that I make; nor plan;
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> nor policy; I need you at my side,
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> church and state together as a full team.
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> Support me, please. Or I shall damage you.
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Douglas Barbour
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Something else is out there
godamnit
And I want to hear it
C.D.Wright
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