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** “While I wish to be adorned with every virtue, yet there is nothing which I can esteem more highly than the being and appearing grateful. For this one virtue is not only the greatest, but is also the parent of all the other virtues.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Happy Thanksgiving from FIRST THINGS! Just as this holiday’s famous meal features delectable dishes of various kinds, so too we offer you different sorts of enriching Thanksgiving media from the archives.
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** November 2002 • by Joseph Bottum
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** Dakota Thanksgiving ([link removed])
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Thanksgiving memories bring with them family squabbles and important lessons learned.
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** November 23, 2021 • by George Weigel
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** On Being Thankful for America at Thanksgiving ([link removed])
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** The American story is an epic of ever-expanding inclusion: a country of flawed human beings that strives to give real effect to the assertion that all human beings are created equal.
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** November 26, 2015 • by C. C. Pecknold
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** Thanksgiving as the Basis of Freedom ([link removed])
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** Thanksgiving is set aside to fix our eyes on the goods which we share in common.
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** November 2012 • by Carol A. Taylor
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** Mixed Blessings ([link removed])
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** My cup’s half full; I haven’t drained it yet.
Mixed blessings are the only kind you get.
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** November 2021 • by R. R. Reno
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** ALEXANDER RILEY ON THANKSGIVING AND CIVIL RELIGION ([link removed])
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** In a special holiday episode, editor R. R. Reno is joined by contributing editor Mark Bauerlein and Alexander Riley for a discussion of Thanksgiving, civil religion, and the American founding.
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