Today's bounty! Very blessed!

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." – Mark Twain

"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure." - Thomas Edison

Fellow Coracle Users: I think this is self-inflicted, but can anyone help me with this Coracle issue: Whenever I dig down into a thread, then exit back up, Coracle puts me at the beginning of the feed, instead of continuing where I was. Is this normal, or did I do this to myself? I can't find an option to undo this. Thanks.

Today in History On July 17, 1861, the U. S. Congress passed legislation authorizing the printing of $250 million worth of "Demand Notes." This was the first paper currency issued by the U.S. government since the years prior to the Constitution.

"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage." - William Bradford

Cayenne's are off to a good start. This is from the last week or so. Lots more coming!

“It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” C. S. Lewis, "The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment"

[Moses is speaking] 5 See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 6 Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ 7 For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? 8 And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today? Deuteronomy 4:5-8 English Standard Version

"No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself." -Seneca

"Even when you are down, look up at what you must defeat. Then get up and fight." - Bruce Lee

Today in History On July 10, 1832, U. S. President Andrew Jackson vetoed legislation rechartering the national bank. Jackson was distrustful of central banking, in general, as well as its economic power over Americans and the lack of oversight exercised by Congress. Due to Jackson's continued opposition, the national bank's charter expired in 1836. Quote-Unquote "Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union." – Andrew Jackson Bank Veto Message

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Bank Veto Message (1832) | Constitution Center

National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for Bank Veto Message (1832)

"Cowards die many times before their actual deaths." - Julius Caesar

"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience." - Julius Caesar

"Do not be afraid to suffer. Do not be afraid to be overthrown. It is being cast down and not destroyed; it is being shaken to pieces, and the pieces torn to shreds, that men become men of might." - Henry Ward Beecher

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