Tag Archives: Conscience

Civil War & Utopian Extremes

Somewhere along the way the object of reason has given way to a utopian ideology. The idea that if we were merely to remove the abstract and at times seemingly disparate notion of barriers and prohibitions a euphoric mood would flood and cleanse the conscience. The problem is that conscience is not or should ever be the subject of reformation; it is the essence of the very barrier and prohibitions of conscience that assures a conscientious act is distinguishable from all others.

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Citizenry: Transitions of Conscience

“Time it was not so long ago when what I thought and believed was based on what it was I knew; so it appeared. The ring of sound, the maize of imagery mixed amid the references that transfixed as if certain then came to be as it was, then to be that it was so and thus the norm as it was to be.

Quite assured of itself the process was and I listened intently taking notes even as I would remark to myself with delight that a venture such as this be undertaken and that I was to be afforded companionship along the way with the many pulling in accord and in common to that which seemed the norm.

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