This is Leaders, The Sequel. Part 2 of Episode #8.
“Leader” and “ruler” are not Mensa-level words. So why are they used so carelessly and incorrectly? Why are they used even interchangeably? You might think it doesn’t matter.
But it does.
Glossary for Episode #10
n = noun; v = verb; a = adjective
aggrandizement—[n] increasing the wealth, power or status of
B.O. = body odor
controvert—[v] deny the truth of something
denote—[v] explicitly define, mean. Not to be confused with “connote” which means to suggest or imply. The denotation (of a word) is its actual definition. The connotation is the feeling or idea that the word elicits.
eschew—[v] to turn your back on, or have nothing to do with. To reject, avoid, abstain from, steer clear of, shun, disdain, renounce, repudiate, reject, abjure. And now you know what abjure means.
expediency—[n] convenience, practicality and advantage despite the possibility of being improper or immoral
extort—[v] the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats. To wrest or wring money, information etc. from a person by violence, intimidation or abuse of authority; obtain by force, torture, threat, or the like; to take illegally by reason of one’s office. Extortion says, “Give it to me…or else.” Example:
Wherever you find a definition of extortion you will find a description of the IRS.
fornication—[n] pre- or extra-marital sex
graft—[n] practices, especially bribery, used to secure illicit gains in politics or business; corruption
harpy—[n] a rapacious bird of prey monster depicted as having a woman’s head and body, and a bird’s wings and claws. A grasping, unpleasant. predatory woman; shrew, leech
luculent—[a] clear in thought or expression; well structured, thought through, reasoned, lucid, cogent
Machiavellian—[a] cunning, scheming, unscrupulous, devious, treacherous, wily, conniving, opportunistic. This defines the adjective attached to his name. It does not describe Niccolò Machiavelli himself.
patrimony—[n] property inherited from one’s father or male ancestor
POTUS—[n] President Of The United States
pragmatic—[a] practical, sensible, realistic, down-to-earth
rabid—[a] extreme, fanatical, overzealous, maniacal
QUOTES
“The State exists simply to promote and protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and a wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging in his own garden--that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong and protect such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economies, etc., are simply a waste of time.”
C.S. Lewis—Mere Christianity, Book 4, Chapter 8
“You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, training them up in god’s fear, minding your house, and making your household a church for God as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts.”
Charles Spurgeon
“That government is best that governs not at all.”
“The objections that have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.” Henry David Thoreau—Civil Disobedience
OTHER STUFF
Genesis 3:16
Three Englishmen reporting how feminists are regretting the result of their lifestyle choices.
Read The Prince.
The photo is Lake Champlain at dawn. We were camping.
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