{"id":318,"date":"2017-03-04T19:25:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T00:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=318"},"modified":"2017-03-04T19:25:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T00:25:58","slug":"libertatis-sacra-fames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/318","title":{"rendered":"Libertatis Sacra Fames"},"content":{"rendered":"

Albeit nurtured in democracy,
\nAnd liking best that state republican
\nWhere every man is Kinglike and no man
\nIs crowned above his fellows, yet I see,
\nSpite of this modern fret for Liberty,
\nBetter the rule of One, whom all obey,
\nThan to let clamorous demagogues betray
\nOur freedom with the kiss of anarchy.
\nWherefore I love them not whose hands profane
\nPlant the red flag upon the piled-up street
\nFor no right cause, beneath whose ignorant reign
\nArts, Culture, Reverence, Honour, all things fade,
\nSave Treason and the dagger of her trade,
\nOr Murder with his silent bloody feet.<\/em><\/p>\n

Oscar Wilde<\/span><\/u><\/a>\u00a01854-1900<\/p>\n

And now we are living in The Days Of Trump<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Albeit nurtured in democracy, And liking best that state republican Where every man is Kinglike and no man Is crowned above his fellows, yet I see, Spite of this modern fret for Liberty, Better the rule of One, whom all obey, Than to let clamorous demagogues betray Our freedom with the kiss of anarchy. Wherefore … Continue reading Libertatis Sacra Fames<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literaturepoetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-58","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":461,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/461","url_meta":{"origin":318,"position":0},"title":"THE ART OF WILLFUL SELF-DELUSION","author":"OCTOPUS","date":"March 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Motivated reasoning and cognitive bias are terms used by psychosocial researchers to describe a tendency among people to filter information, turn off eyes and ears, and consider only the evidence they want to hear. 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