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The master believed that Poles, like Ukrainians, were notoriously unreliable. Though the Tsar had bestowed on them all the blessings of Imperial rule, still they acted as if Independence was still an open question. Personally he would never hire them. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master had a foolproof strategy for winning at chess: After seven moves he would declare victory and then accidentally knock over the board. He called it "The Master's Gambit." #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master’s aides showed him 2 speeches. In one he humbly acknowledged the will of the people and thanked them for the privilege of service. In the other he vowed to be the master of the whole estate. “Where is the option for total oblivion?” he asked. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master said that “nobody could believe” the things he said he had done for the estate. And for the first time in anyone‘s memory this was literally true. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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FD of St Martin de Porres, the son of a free black woman and a Spanish nobleman in Lima who rejected his "mulatto" son. He joined the Dominicans as a lay helper, but gradually won respect for his healing powers, his extraordinary spiritual gifts, and his embodiment of the gospel.
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He cared selflessly for the sick and those counted as nothing: Indians, the poor, African slaves. His ministry extended to animals, with whom he could communicate. He was a living parable of "the peaceable kingdom." And yet he subjected himself to terrible penance.
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When the master sat at breakfast he did not yet know that this was the last day—of course there would be other days, but the end was written and he couldn’t change it despite his bluster: The last day when servants would salute and bow, when children would return his wave...
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...when staff would laugh at his jokes or make excuses for his lies, when his family would vie for his favor, when enemies would quake at his insults, when tradesmen would flatter him and extend him credit. It was the last day; but he didn’t yet know it. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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“The worst evil is not to commit crimes but to have failed to do the good one might have done.”—Leon Bloy, d 11/3 1917
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The man who believes he brought back “Merry Christmas” and who tweeted “Happy Good Friday!” now turns his magic wand to All Souls Day—without a nod to the 230,000 souls we have lost this year.
As Christians throughout this great Country celebrate All Souls Day, let’s remember those who went before us and built this great nation. May their legacy inspire us as we keep our nation what it has always been: blessed and great!
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The master harkened back to when the estate was Great—before the serfs were emancipated, when stragglers and runaways faced the dogs or the overseer’s whip. It might be impossible fully to restore those days but at least he could institute commemorative hats.#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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