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Across The Years
ecthompsonmd March 5, 2010

I was recently reading a book I bought when I was a kid called Ships–Through The Ages. The book is by Douglas Lobley. This book was first published in 1972.  I think I bought my copy in the years I lived in Providence, Rhode Island. Here is what the book says about the papyrus boat such as you see in the picture above— ” Papyrus boats, so much a feature of early Egyptian boat-bulding, had their counterparts as far away as Lake Titicaca in South America, where balsa was and still used for the construction of  boats.” Papyrus boats are still made

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Who In Our Lives Merits Loyalty?
ecthompsonmd January 21, 2008

Loyalty is an important quality. What are possible grounds for loyalty? Who merits loyalty and for what reasons? I see loyalty as coming from personal circumstance and experiences and ,also, from the broader context of shared values. Loyalty also requires acceptance of people’s faults as you see them. This because, if for no other reason, so that others will accept you and your faults as well. Here are some possible grounds for loyalty— 1. A Shared Past— I give some stock to people who were in the some of the same places I was at certain points in life. For example, people who hung out in the same

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