Liberation Theology Illustrations

Pain -- expands the Time --

Pain -- expands the Time -- Ages coil within The minute Circumference Of a single Brain -- Pain contracts -- the Time -- Occupied with...

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On This Day: The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

11/1 (1954): The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

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On This Day: An apartment building collapse in Medellín, Colombia results in the deaths of twelve people.

10/12 (2013): An apartment building collapse in Medellín, Colombia results in the deaths of twelve people.

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I died for Beauty -- but was scarce

I died for Beauty -- but was scarce Adjusted in the Tomb When One who died for Truth, was lain In an adjoining room --...

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On This Day: An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Ans

12/7 (1995): An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20.

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When The Sun Come After Rain

WHEN the sun comes after rain And the bird is in the blue, The girls go down the lane Two by two. When the sun comes after shadow And the singing of the showers, The girls go up the meadow, Fair as flowers.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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A Pit -- but Heaven over it --

A Pit -- but Heaven over it -- And Heaven beside, and Heaven abroad, And yet a Pit -- With Heaven over it. To stir...

Bliss is the plaything of the child --

Bliss is the plaything of the child -- The secret of the man The sacred stealth of Boy and Girl Rebuke it if we can

94. Here’s his Health in Water

ALTHO’ my back be at the wa’, And tho’ he be the fautor; Altho’ my back be at the wa’, Yet, here’s his health in water.

Robert Burns

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On This Day: President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is su

1/20 (2001): President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

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Fragment: Omens

the owlet flaps his wings In the pathless dell beneath; Hark! 'tis the night-raven sings Tidings of approaching death.

So give me back to Death --

So give me back to Death -- The Death I never feared Except that it deprived of thee -- And now, by Life deprived, In...

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On This Day: Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, England recognises Scotla

5/1 (1328): Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent state.

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A happy lip -- breaks sudden

A happy lip -- breaks sudden -- It doesn't state you how It contemplated -- smiling -- Just consummated -- now -- But this one,...

Summer -- we all have seen --

Summer -- we all have seen -- A few of us -- believed -- A few -- the more aspiring Unquestionably loved -- But Summer...

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On This Day: The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the fi

7/20 (1960): The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.

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Touch lightly Nature's sweet Guitar

Touch lightly Nature's sweet Guitar Unless thou know'st the Tune Or every Bird will point at thee Because a Bard too soon --

I think that the Root of the Wind is Water --

I think that the Root of the Wind is Water -- It would not sound so deep Were it a Firmamental Product -- Airs no...

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I heed not that my earthly lot Hath--little of Earth in it-- That years of love have been forgot In the hatred of a minute:-- I mourn not that the desolate Are happier, sweet, than I, But that _you_ sorrow...