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We have the capacity to do such wondrous things when we apply our intellectual, financial, and spiritual resources to good rather than evil. &#8211; Harry Leslie Smith&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdiana.stone1%2Fposts%2F10155812423841129&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"607\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;I don\u2019t feel pessimistic or defeated by today\u2019s self-serving political governance, or the crass disregard of ethics by big business. Because I have lived through so much history, I know that we can recover from this malady of self-interest, greed, and short-sightedness. We humans are a resilient and determined race. We have the capacity to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/12\/04\/harry-leslie-smith\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Harry Leslie Smith<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-yxX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36423,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2016\/03\/21\/iain-duncan-smith-has-revealed-the-empty-truth-of-compassionate-conservatism\/","url_meta":{"origin":132801,"position":0},"title":"Iain Duncan Smith has revealed the empty truth of compassionate conservatism","author":"diana Stone","date":"March 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"IDS\u2019s resignation pulls back the curtain on the Wizard Oz-borne, showing an illusionist whose tricks are hollow","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Powered by Guardian.co.uk","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.guardian.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/03\/01\/poweredbyguardianBLACK.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":117922,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/05\/22\/how-are-you-all-doing\/","url_meta":{"origin":132801,"position":1},"title":"How are you all doing?","author":"diana Stone","date":"May 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The sun's out and summers almost here. 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