{"id":132801,"date":"2018-12-04T16:37:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T16:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=132801"},"modified":"2018-12-04T16:37:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T16:37:23","slug":"harry-leslie-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/12\/04\/harry-leslie-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Leslie Smith"},"content":{"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 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. 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