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that is what ecclesiastes means. that means we can study the past and you can have a conversation between two men most responsible at least rhetorically for giving voice to those unspoken aspirations, that both those documents, both of those speeches, both of those men fully represented. tavis: how fascinated were you or are you at the journey that those words took that cap them alive, not just in our minds but in our hearts and out of our mouths, to the point that these boys in vermont are still them rising the speech? you mentioned african-americans. i think about the black national anthem, the words and music written by these two negroes who came together to write this piece and they teach it to a bunch of kids. the only reason all these years we still sing it, lift every voice and sing, is that the kids were taught the song for a one-time occasion, and they grew up and went out and started families and moved around, they kept singing that song, and all these years later, thanks to them, the song is still being su
that is what ecclesiastes means. that means we can study the past and you can have a conversation between two men most responsible at least rhetorically for giving voice to those unspoken aspirations, that both those documents, both of those speeches, both of those men fully represented. tavis: how fascinated were you or are you at the journey that those words took that cap them alive, not just in our minds but in our hearts and out of our mouths, to the point that these boys in vermont are...
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we know that he saw himself as the ecclesiastical, the churchly successor to the emperors of ancientome. you can imagine that people who came here and saw the pope here came away with a very strong feeling of the church's unity, power, wisdom, and wealth-- perhaps something of an ideal projection rather than a celebration of fact. it was not only popes who wished to place themselves in the tradition of antiquity. agostino chigi was banker to pope julius and his successor, pope leo. consequently one of europe's richest men, he persuaded raphael to decorate his new villa on the banks of the tiber. raphael created the illusion of two canopies to protect chigi's guests from the heat of the day. the gods dined above while the guests dined below, tossing their golden plates over the riverbank. chigi, by the way, kept servants below so the plates could be recovered. mercury, the god of money, presided over this splendid party and thus gave the pleasures of the flesh more elevated status. but the party-- metaphorical and actual-- did not last for long. vasari wrote... "raphael kept up his se
we know that he saw himself as the ecclesiastical, the churchly successor to the emperors of ancientome. you can imagine that people who came here and saw the pope here came away with a very strong feeling of the church's unity, power, wisdom, and wealth-- perhaps something of an ideal projection rather than a celebration of fact. it was not only popes who wished to place themselves in the tradition of antiquity. agostino chigi was banker to pope julius and his successor, pope leo. consequently...
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. >> in ecclesiastes in the old testament, that there's nothing new under the on. everything that has been taught before has been taught before. and everything has been done before. some talk about looking to the past, updating it as necessary and moving forward. if you go to another country for the first time, you usually get a guidebook to find out where the best hotels are in restaurants and places to be avoided. these are people who have gone before us. and we have the founders of our country who understand this is the least as well as the preachers of the day and they have created a constitution that establish boundaries for government that limit liberty for its citizens. i believe that is getting out of whack and we have exceeded that and that is why we have so many challenges that we have today. >> okay, so you weren't saying disengage from public life in a public square, but people would write they get that perception given the emphasis on simply focusing on the individual capacity and individual responsibility. looking away from government, don't look to g
. >> in ecclesiastes in the old testament, that there's nothing new under the on. everything that has been taught before has been taught before. and everything has been done before. some talk about looking to the past, updating it as necessary and moving forward. if you go to another country for the first time, you usually get a guidebook to find out where the best hotels are in restaurants and places to be avoided. these are people who have gone before us. and we have the founders of our...
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. >> >> osgood: to everything there is a season, the book of ecclesiastes tells us a season, not partrt 2, it remind today's entertainment producers. >> tonight mad men kicks off its final season, the first half of it. the final season finale won't air until well over a year from now. >> the seventh season into two parts, seven episodes to air now and seven episodes to air in 2015. >> i am sure the partners gang would advertise this as good for the viewer. >> to have a sentimental bond with the product. >> a way to really cherish every last moment with our favorite characters, but as a fan, it is hard not to feel as though the network is just milking every last drop out of this successful series. >> amc has done it before, breaking bad aired its last season in two installments a year apart. >> i like it. >> sex in the city. >> don't stop believing. >> sopranos. >> and battlestar galactica, all made fans wait for months during their final acts. >> there are a lot of reasons it can make sense to draw out the last seasons. >> networks can maximize dvd sales and sponsorships, the show can
. >> >> osgood: to everything there is a season, the book of ecclesiastes tells us a season, not partrt 2, it remind today's entertainment producers. >> tonight mad men kicks off its final season, the first half of it. the final season finale won't air until well over a year from now. >> the seventh season into two parts, seven episodes to air now and seven episodes to air in 2015. >> i am sure the partners gang would advertise this as good for the viewer. >>...
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. >> guest: there's a verse in ecclesiastics in the old testament there says there's nothing new under the sun. everything you do has been done before. i'm not talking about living in the past. paid i'm talking about looking to the past to see what is worked up dating it as necessary in moving forward. if you go to another country for the first time you usually get a guide book or google paris france or something to find out where the best hotels are in the best restaurants places to be avoided. these are people who have gone before us to scope out the cities and to recommend the best places for us. we have the founders of our country who understood human nature at least as well as the creatures of their day and they created a constitution that established boundaries for government but unlimited life, liberty for its citizens. i believe that it's gotten out of whack and we conceded those constitutional boundaries and that is why we have so many of the problems and challenges we have today. >> host: in previous books he had to remind readers that you were not saying disengage from publi
. >> guest: there's a verse in ecclesiastics in the old testament there says there's nothing new under the sun. everything you do has been done before. i'm not talking about living in the past. paid i'm talking about looking to the past to see what is worked up dating it as necessary in moving forward. if you go to another country for the first time you usually get a guide book or google paris france or something to find out where the best hotels are in the best restaurants places to be...
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the old testament become of ecclesiastes said everything you thought of has been done before and everythingnk has been thought before. we can move forward accordingly. >> cal, i often wonder how did we lose our way. what think? >> well i think we moved from an age of self-reliance, personal responsibility and accountability, reinforced by the preachers of old, to an age of entitlement, envy, greed and without accountability and entitlement. we've moved from usa to atm where people think they deserve other people's money. if you make more money than i do, it makes no difference whatsoever. i should just want to know where you went to school because i might want to be like you. and for me, if you make $2 more an hour, 50 cents goes to the governme government. >> thank you so much, cal. >>> the batteries and the black box of missing malaysia airlines fly 370 are slowly dying. will searchers locate the jet in time. >> and os pistorius contradicting his own testimony but he's tired and he's weary, he said as his lawyer shook his head. have prosecutors caught the blade runner in it a lie. our leg
the old testament become of ecclesiastes said everything you thought of has been done before and everythingnk has been thought before. we can move forward accordingly. >> cal, i often wonder how did we lose our way. what think? >> well i think we moved from an age of self-reliance, personal responsibility and accountability, reinforced by the preachers of old, to an age of entitlement, envy, greed and without accountability and entitlement. we've moved from usa to atm where people...
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the book of ecclesiastes tells us there is nothing new under the sun.i think where we are right now that can only like the late 1970's. late 1970's, yet jimmy carter in the white house, the same failed at about policies, same policies and regulation and produce the exact same misery and stagnation. the same feckless foreign policy, the same naÏvetÉ making the world a much more dangerous place. across this country, we saw a grassroots movement of millions of men and women who came together and he came the reagan revolution. that did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. it came from the american people. is reason i am optimistic because i'm blessed to have the opportunity serving the senate to travel across the country. let me tell you the same thing is happening all over this country. people are waking up, men and women who have never been involved in politics are looking up going what has happened to this country? we are losing our freedom and losing the future for our kids and grandkids. let's get back to the free market at the
the book of ecclesiastes tells us there is nothing new under the sun.i think where we are right now that can only like the late 1970's. late 1970's, yet jimmy carter in the white house, the same failed at about policies, same policies and regulation and produce the exact same misery and stagnation. the same feckless foreign policy, the same naÏvetÉ making the world a much more dangerous place. across this country, we saw a grassroots movement of millions of men and women who came together and...