Some men are extremely disagreeable and undesirable. While suffering from simple cowardice and horribly ashamed of it, they lash out and attack other people and communities with the courage, strength, and determination that they wished they had. The truth is that all men are in a false position in society until they have realized their possibilities and imposed them on their neighbors. They are tormented by a continual shortcoming in themselves; yet, they irritate others by a continual overweening. This discord can be resolved by acknowledging success or failures only: everyone is ill at ease until he has found his natural place, whether it be above or below his birthplace. This finding of one’s place may be very puzzling by the fact that there is no place in ordinary society for extraordinary individuals. This crisis was not caused by a lack of success or the absence of a defined role, but by too much of both. Some people can be made good despite themselves, and find, to their dismay, that Business, instead of expelling them as the worthless imposters that they are, will fasten upon them with no intention of letting them go. Behold, therefore, in their early years, with business training, in an occupation which one detests, as they assume any same person would himself detest anything he cannot escape from. Breaking loose can mean to leave the family and friends, business and community, and avoid the danger of success unequal to the enormity of one’s unconscious ambition. #RandolphHarris 1 of 21

When in your youth, it may be wise to take a psychosocial moratorium, which is a period of delay and pause in adult commitment, during which a young person is free to explore various roles and ideologies before making lasting choices. Many have found that during a psychosocial moratorium, they can associate with peers of their own age. During this pilgrimage, they become intensely serious and burning with indignation at the very real and very fundamental evils that affect the world. In the meantime, it allows one the discernment to avoid opportunities they sense will lead to nothing they want, and to lay aside the unspoken fear that they might lead to something they do not want. This occupational part of the moratorium is usually reinforced by an intellectual one: one cannot learn anything that does not interest oneself. Memory is not indiscriminate; it rejects and selects; and its selections are not academic. This is something to be congratulated on; for it means that an individual is firmly persuaded that every unnatural activity of the brain is as mischievous as any unnatural activity of the body…The governing classes always wreck civilization with what is called secondary education. Secondary education is the intermediate stage where students transition from basic foundational learning to specialized, discipline-based study. It is also a key period for social development, identity formation, and career exploration. #RandolphHarris 2 of 21

Too many teachers, college professors, and the media are ruining young minds with political propaganda and seducing them to become convinced that it is wrong to be patriotic, it is wrong to adhere to gender norms, it is wrong to work hard for a living, it is wrong to obey authority figures, and love God. That is why society is breaking down, and the home is becoming a place of conflict, instead of love and an escape from the world. There are also many people being pressured into careers that they do not love, leading to unhealthy and unhappy lives. When an individual is allowed to settle down to study and to write as he pleases, it is usually then that the extraordinary workings of an extraordinary personality come to the fore. This is when a person manages to abandon the kind of work he has been doing without relinquishing the work habit. Office training can leave a person with the habit of doing something regularly every day as a fundamental condition of industry as distinguished from idleness. One might know he is making no headway unless he is doing this, and that one should never produce work in any other fashion. For instance, if I were writing a book, I might buy supplies of white paper, demi-sized, for $75 at a time; fold it in quarto; and condemn myself to fill ten pages of it a day, rain or shine, dull or inspired. Because I have so much of the schoolboy and the clerk still in me that if my ten pages end in the middle of a sentence, I do not finish it until the next day. On the other hand, if I miss a day, I make up for it by doing a double task on the morrow. With this plan, I will produce ten novels a year. It is my professional apprenticeship. #RandolphHarris 3 of 21

Even if these novels are not published for over fifty years, I will be learning how to write as I work, and to wait as I write. Such ritualization is very important for my work life because it will allow me to rise by sheer gravitation, and to be too industrious by acquired habit to stop working. While my work may display a combination of addictiveness and compulsiveness which is the basis of much pathology in late adolescence and of some accomplishment in young adulthood, it is better than having a drink or drug neurosis. A young man who has seen “the governor” with an imperfectly wrapped-up goose under one arm and a ham in the same condition under the other (both purchased under heaven knows what delusion of festivity) butting at the garden wall in the belief that he was pushing open the gate, and transforming his tall hat to a concertina in the process, and who, instead of being so overwhelmed with shame and anxiety at the spectacle, has been so disabled by merriment (uproariously shared by the maternal uncle) that he has hardly been able to rush to the rescue of that hat and pilot its wearer to safety, is clearly not a young man who will make tragedies of trifles of making trifles of tragedies. If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make a dance with it. Sometimes people who are from successful and wealthy families are a downstart, and they will also produce sons who downstarts. To say that some of these fathers cannot give their sons a university education is like saying that they cannot afford to be philanderers, or a young man cannot afford to be successful at his trade; both statements may be true, but philanderers like to philander and others like to become authors all the same. #RandolphHarris 4 of 21

The main reinforcements of early development come from the intrapsychic process. The very needs which drive others on the search for glory operate here, too. If an individual can carry it out consistently, early detachment removes conflicts with others. However, the reliability of the solution depends upon the reaction of wishes, and at an early age, this process is fluctuating; it has not yet matured into a determined attitude. A young man, for example, still wants more things from life than is good for his peace of mind. When sufficiently tempted be drawn into a close relationship. Hence, his conflicts are easily mobilized, and he needs more integration. However, the early development leaves him not only divided but also alienated from himself, lacking in self-confidence and feeling unequipped for actual life. He can deal with others only when at a safe emotional distance; thrown into closer contact, he is inhibited in addition to being handicapped by his recoil from fighting. Hence, he too is driven to find an answer to all these needs in self-idealization. He may try to realize ambitions in actuality, but for many reasons he tends to give up the pursuit in the face of difficulties. His idealized image, chiefly, is a glorification of the needs which have developed. It is a composite of self-sufficiency, independence, self-contained serenity, freedom from desires and passions, stoicism, and fairness. Fairness for him is less a glorification of vindictiveness (as is the “justice” of the aggressive type) than an idealization of noncommitment and of not infringing upon anybody’s rights. #RandolphHarris 5 of 21

The “shoulds” corresponding to such an image bring him into a new danger. While originally he had to protect his inner self against the outside world, he now must protect it against this much more formidable inner tyranny. The outcome depends on the degree of inner aliveness he has safeguarded so far. If it is strong and he is, as it were, unconsciously determined to preserve it come hell or high water, he can still maintain some of it, although only at the price of enforcing the restrictions we have discussed—only at the cost of resigning from active living, of checking his drives toward self-realization. There is no clinical evidence pointing to the inner dictates being more stringent here than in other types of neurosis. The difference lies rather in his chafing more under them because of his very need for freedom. He tries to cope with them in part by externalizing them. Because of his taboos on aggression, he can do so only in a passive way—which means that the expectations of others, or what he feels as such, acquire the character of commands to be obeyed without question. Moreover, if he did not comply with their expectations, he is convinced that people would coldly turn against him. In essence, this means that he has not only externalized his shoulds but also his self-hate. Others would turn as sharply against him as he would himself for not measuring up to his shoulds. And because this anticipation of hostility is an externalization, it cannot be remedied by experiences to the contrary. A patient, for instance, may have had a long experience with the analyst’s patience and understanding and yet, under duress, may feel that the analyst would drop him at a moment’s notice in case of open opposition. #RandolphHarris 6 of 21

Hence, his original sensitivity to outside pressure is greatly reinforced. We understand now why he keeps experiencing external coercion, even though the latter environment may exert very little pressure. In addition, the externalization of his shoulds, while relieving inner tension, brings a new conflict into his life. He should comply with the expectations of others; he should not hurt their feelings; he must appease their anticipated hostility—but he also should maintain his independence. This conflict is reflected in his ambivalent way of responding to others. In many variations, it is a curious mixture of compliance and defiance. He may, for instance, politely comply with a request but forget about it or procrastinate in doing it. The forgetting may reach such disturbing proportions that he can keep a fair order in his life only by the help of a notebook in which he jots down appointments or jobs to be done. Or he may go through the motions of complying with the wishes of others but sabotage them in spirit, without in the least being aware of doing so. In analysis, for instance, he may comply with the obvious rules, such as being on time or saying what is on his mind, but assimilate so little of what is discussed that the work is rendered futile. It is unavoidable that these conflicts make for a strain in his associations with others. He may, at times, feel this strain consciously. However, whether or not he is aware of it, it does reinforce his tendency to withdraw from others. #RandolphHarris 7 of 21

The passive resistance which he sets against the expectations of others also operates regarding those shoulds which are not externalized. The mere feeling that he should do something is often sufficient to make him listless. If it were restricted to activities which he at the bottom dislikes, such as participating in social gatherings, writing certain letters, or paying his bills, as the case may be, this unconscious sit-down strike would not be so important. However, the more radically he has eliminated personal wishes the more anything he does—good, bad, or indifferent—may register as something he should do: brushing his teeth, reading the newspaper, taking a walk, doing his work, eating his meals, or going to church with his family. Everything then meets with a silent resistance, resulting in a pervasive inertia. Activities, therefore, are restricted to a minimum or, more frequently, are performed under strain. Hence, he is unproductive, tires easily, or suffers from chronic fatigue. When analyzed, this inner process becomes clear; two factors appear which tend to perpetuate it. As long as the patient has no recourse to his spontaneous energies, he may fully realize that this way of living is wasteful and unsatisfactory but will see no possibility for change because—as he feels it—he would simply not do anything if it were not for his driving himself. The other factor resides in the important function his very inertia has assumed. His psychic paralysis may have turned in his mind into an unalterable affliction, and he uses it to stave off self-accusations and self-contempt. #RandolphHarris 8 of 21

The premium which is thus put on inactivity is also reinforced from another source. Just as his way of solving his conflicts was to immobilize them, so he also tries to set his shoulds out of operation. He does so by trying to avoid situations in which they would start harassing him. Here, then, is another reason that he avoids contact with others as well as a serious pursuit of anything. He follows the unconscious motto that as long as he does not do anything, he will not violate any shoulds and taboos. Sometimes, he rationalizes these avoidances by thinking that any pursuit of his would impinge on the rights of others. This condition would be inaccessible to therapy—because of the minimal incentive to change—if it were not for the positive elements in the appeal of freedom. Patients in whom these prevail often have a more immediate understanding of the harmful character of the inner dictates than others do. If conditions are favorable, they may quickly recognize them for the yoke they actually are and may take an unequivocal stand against them. Certainly, such a considerable help in overcoming them gradually. When man extended the simple tools which he used into the early simpler machines, the development was an inevitable consequence of his developing mind. The change was a useful one and brought him conveniences or comforts unavailable to the monarchs and millionaires of previous centuries. However, when this was pushed farther and farther, faster and faster, its inherent dangers appeared; human safety was imperilled, human health ignored, and human sensitivity crushed. Technology grew into a monster. It is proper for man to use the world, to exploit science, only as long as he does not permit them to enslave him. #RandolphHarris 9 of 21

The knowledge got through the eyes and ears may, when untied to reason, lead only to selfish cunning and cause destructive suffering to others. However, when it is united to both reason and intuition, it can lead only to wisdom and bringing good to others. The world today is facing this danger and ignoring this remedy. Consequently, the more science discovers about the atom, the worse humanity’s suffering will be. Is it so hard to recognize that the German nation has, up to now, no life history to show for itself, but only the history of disease? And not just the German nation—which is, or used to be, the scapegoat carrying all the sins of the Western World. History is a nightmare from which the world is trying to awaken. There is a dynamic of neurosis in world history, an ever-increasing sense of guilt caused by repression. Too long has the world been a madhouse. If civilization is an inevitable course of development from the group of the family to the group of humanity as a whole, then an intensification of the sense of guilt will be inextricably bound up with it, until perhaps the sense of guilt may swell to a magnitude that individuals can hardly support. The necessity of a psychoanalytical approach to history is pressed upon the historian by one question: Why does man, alone of all animals, have a history? For man is distinguished from animals not simply by the possession and transmission from generation to generation of that suprabiological apparatus which is culture, but also, if history and changes in time are essential characteristics of human culture and therefore of man, by a desire to change his culture and so to change himself. #RandolphHarris 10 of 21

In making history, “man makes himself,” to use the suggestive title of Gorden Childe’s book. Then, the historical process is sustained by man’s desire to become other than what he is. And man’s desire to become something different is essentially an unconscious desire. The actual changes in history neither result from nor correspond to the conscious desires of the human agents who bring them about. Every historian knows this, and the philosopher of history, Mr. Hegel, in his doctrine of the “cunning of Reason,” made it a fundamental point in his structural analysis of history. Mankind today is still making history without having any conscious idea of what it really wants or under what conditions it would stop being unhappy; in fact, what it is doing seems to be making itself more unhappy and calling that unhappiness progress. Christian theology, or at least Augustinian theology, recognizes human restlessness and discontent, the cor irrequietum, as the psychological source of the historical process. However, Christian theology, to account for the origin of human discontent and to indicate a solution, has to take man out of this real world, out of the animal kingdom, and inculcate into him delusions of grandeur. And thus, Christian theology is a religion of pride. The revolution, based on principles, kills God in the person of His representative on earth. The revolution of the twenty-first century kills what remains of God in the principles themselves and consecrates historical nihilism. Whatever paths nihilism may proceed to take, from the moment that it decides to be the creative force of its period and ignores every moral precept, it begins to build the temple of Caesar. #RandolphHarris 11 of 21

To choose history, and history alone, is to choose nihilism, in defiance of the teachings of rebellion itself. Those who rush blindly to history in the name of the irrational, proclaiming that it is meaningless, encounter servitude and terror and finally emerge into the universe of concentration camps. Those who launch themselves into it, preaching its absolute rationality, encounter servitude and terror and emerge into the universe of the concentration camps. Fascism wants to establish the advent of the Nietzschean superman. If He exists, it immediately discovers that God may well be this or that, but He is primarily the master of death. If man wants to become God, he arrogates to himself the power of life or death over others. A manufacturer of corpses and of submen, he is a sub-man himself and not God, but the ignoble servant of death. The rational revolution, on its part, wants to realize the total man described by Mr. Marx. The logic of history, from the moment that it is totally accepted, gradually leads it, against its most passionate convictions, to mutilate man more and more and to transform itself into objective crime. It is not legitimate to identify the ends of Fascism with the ends of Russian Communism, as we are seeing communism in New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, and California planting roots. Communism represents the exaltation of the executioner by the executioner; more dramatically, communism is the exaltation of the executioner by the victims. Communism never dreamed of liberating all men, but only of liberating a few by subjugating the rest. #RandolphHarris 12 of 21

However, the most potent dream of communism is its most profound principle. It aims at liberating all men by provisionally enslaving them all. It must be granted the grandeur of its intentions. Are you willing to compromise your freedom by giving up your Christian heritage and becoming enslaved just for a free bus ride, a package of cookies, and Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV), while your wages are being undercut by illegal labor and your country is being stolen by the anti-Christ? Hardworking Americans have tilled the lands since the birth of this nation. Americans are willing to work hard and always have been. The nihilists today are seated on thrones in Hollywood, Congress, in your state and local governors’ and mayors’ offices, and even on the city council. Methods of thought which claim to give lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion. That is why our period is the period of private and public techniques of annihilation. The revolution, obedient to the dictates of nihilism, has, in fact, turned against its rebel origins. Man, who hated death and the god of death, who despaired of personal survival, wanted to free himself in the immortality of the species. However, as long as the group does not dominate the world, as long as the species does not reign, it is still necessary to die. Time is pressing; therefore, persuasion demands leisure, and friendship is a structure that will never be completed; thus, terror remains the shortest route to immortality. However, these extremes simultaneously proclaim a longing for the primitive values of rebellion. The contemporary revolution that claims to deny every value is already, in itself, a standard for judging values. Man wants to reign supreme through the revolution. However, if nothing has any meaning, why reign supreme? If the aspect of life is so hideous, why wish for immortality? There is no method of thought which is absolutely nihilistic except, perhaps, the method that leads to suicide, any more than there is absolute materialism. #RandolphHarris 13 of 21

The destruction of man once more affirms man. Terror and concentration camps are the drastic means used by man to escape solitude. The thirst for unity must be assuaged, even in the common grave. If men kill one another, it is because they reject mortality and desire immortality. Therefore, in one sense, they commit suicide. However, they prove, at the same time, that they cannot dispense with mankind; they satisfy a terrible hunger for fraternity: “The human being needs happiness, and  when he is unhappy, he needs another human being.” Those who reject the agony of living and dying wish to dominate. Solitude is power. Power, today, because for thousands of solitary people it signifies the suffering of others, bears witness to the need for others. Terror is the homage that the malignant recluse finally pays to the brotherhood of man. However, nihilism, if it does not exist, tries to do so; and that is enough to make the world a desert. The COVID pandemic gave rise to isolation and opened the path for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to thrive. People feel they no longer need other human beings. They now have AI to keep them company in their solitude. These particular forms of madness are what have given our times their forbidding aspect. The land of humanism has become the America of today, the land of inhumanity. However, the times are ours, and how can we disown them? If our history is our hell, still we cannot avert our faces. This horror cannot be escaped, but is assumed to be ignored by the very people who accepted it with lucidity, and not by those who, having provoked it, think that they have a right to pronounce judgment. Such a plant could, in fact, thrive only in the fertile soil of accumulated iniquities. #RandolphHarris 14 of 21

In the last throes of a death struggle in which men are indiscriminately involved by the insanity of times, the enemy remains the fraternal enemy. Even when he has been denounced for his errors, he can be neither despised nor hated; misfortune is today the common fatherland, and the only earthly kingdom that has fulfilled the promise. The longing for rest and peace must itself be thrust aside; it coincides with the acceptance of iniquity. Those who weep for the happy periods they encounter in history acknowledge what they want: not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. However, let us, on the contrary, sing the praises of the times when misery cries aloud and disturbs the sleep of the surfeited rich! Maistre has already spoken of the “terrible sermon that the revolution preached to kings.” It preaches the same sermon today, and in a still more urgent fashion, to the dishonoured elite of the times. This sermon must be heard. In every word and in every act, even though it be criminal, lies the promise of value that we must seek out and bring to light. The future cannot be foreseen, and it may be that the renaissance is impossible. Even though the historical dialectic is false and criminal, the world, after all, can very well realize itself in crime and in pursuit of a false concept. This kind of resignation is, quite simply, rejected here: we must stake everything on the renaissance. #RandolphHarris 15 of 21

Nothing remains for us, moreover, but to be reborn or to die. If we are at the moment in history when rebellion has reached the point of its most extreme contradiction by denying itself, then it must either perish with the world it has created or find a new object of faith and a new impetus. Before going any farther, this contradiction must at least be stated in plain language. It is not a clear definition to say, like existentialists, for example (who are also subjected, for the moment, to the cult of history and its contradictions), that there is progress in the transition from rebellion to revolution and that the rebel is nothing if he is not revolutionary. The contradiction is, in reality, considerably more restricted. The revolutionary is simultaneously a rebel, or he is not a revolutionary but a policeman and a bureaucrat who turns against rebellion. However, if he is a rebel, he ends by taking sides against the revolution. So much so that there is absolutely no progress from one attitude to the other, but coexistence and endlessly increasing contradiction. Every revolution ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. In the purely historical universe that they have chosen, rebellion and revolution end in the same dilemma: either police rule or insanity. On this level, therefore, history alone offers no hope. It is not a source of values, but is still a source of nihilism. Can one, at least, create values in defiance of history, on the single level of a philosophy based on eternity? That comes to the same as ratifying historical injustice and the sufferings of man. #RandolphHarris 16 of 21

To slander the world leads to the nihilism defined by Nietzsche. Thought that is derived from history alone, like thought that rejects history completely, deprives man of the means and the reason for living. The former drives him to the extreme decadence of “why believe?”; the latter to “how to live?” History, necessary but not sufficient, is therefore only an occasional cause. It is not the absence of values, nor values themselves, nor even the source of values. It is one occasion, among others, for man to prove the still confused existence of a value that allows him to judge history. Rebellion itself makes us the promise of such a value. Christians reject the idea that life is accidental or meaningless. Human beings are understood to be literal spiritual offspring of God with an eternal lineage and a path toward divine progression. In its 1892 decision Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, the Supreme Court surveyed centuries of American history and declared that the evidence “overwhelmingly demonstrates that the United States is a Christian nation.” Justice David J. Brewer’s opinion underscored the deep historical influence of Christianity on the country’s laws, customs, and civic institutions. The desire of Christian men and women who love their country is to make our nation contribute her best to the world in this conflict against selfish foreign aggression and lust for conquest over America. Patriots wish, through devotion to America, to bring her honor, protection, and glory. Jesus tried to teach man how to grow a soul and how to help the soul in the process of growth. He sought to help men understand that human society was something that had life and that had possibilities of growing into the Kingdom of God. Jesus showed men how to cultivate the inner life, how a soul can grow into something strong and luminous. But when anything meant to protect life is left uncultivated — whether the heart or a high‑rise — danger follows. Captain Reinhardt saw the result firsthand when the Sacramento fire exposed the cost of neglect. #RandolphHarris 17 of 21

The call came in just after dawn, a frantic voice reporting smoke pouring from the upper floors of a downtown Sacramento high‑rise. Captain Reinhardt of the Sacramento Fire Department was already in motion before the dispatcher finished speaking. Years of experience had taught Captain Reinhardt that early morning fires were often the deadliest, striking when residents were still asleep and alarms—if they existed—were silent. As Engine 2 roared toward the scene, Captain Reinhardt reviewed the building’s history. It had failed two fire inspections in the past year, each time cited for non‑working smoke detectors, expired fire‑safety certifications, and blocked emergency exits. California law was clear: high‑rise buildings faced steep fines for failing to maintain working alarms and for ignoring mandatory safety standards. Yet fines meant nothing compared to the danger. Captain Reinhardt knew that more than seventy percent of fatal home fires occurred in residences with no alarms or alarms that did not work. He feared this building was about to prove that statistic true. When the crew arrived, flames were already licking out of the twelfth‑floor windows. Residents crowded the street, coughing, crying, pointing upward. Captain Reinhardt scanned the faces, counting, assessing, searching for signs of those still trapped. The world‑renowned paramedics who often partnered with the department were already setting up triage, their calm efficiency a stark contrast to the chaos around them. Captain Reinhardt led his team inside, pushing through thick smoke that clung to the stairwell like a living thing. The alarms were dead—no shrill warnings, no flashing lights. Just silence and heat. He felt anger rise in his chest. A building this size, with hundreds of residents, should have passed inspection months ago. Instead, the owners had ignored violations, choosing to risk fines rather than invest in safety. On the tenth floor, Captain Reinhardt found the first victim, unconscious but alive. He carried her down two flights before handing her off to paramedics, who immediately began treatment. Their reputation was well earned; they worked with a precision that impressed even Captain Reinhardt, who rarely paused long enough to admire anything during a fire. Back inside, Captain Reinhardt pushed upward, searching room by room. He found two more victims on the twelfth floor, both overcome by smoke. The fire had started in a unit where a space heater malfunctioned, but the true culprit was the building’s negligence. Without alarms, the residents had no warning. Without proper certification, the fire‑suppression systems were outdated and ineffective. By the time the flames were finally controlled, three lives had been lost. Captain Reinhardt stood outside the charred building, watching investigators tape off the entrance. He knew the owners would face heavy California fines, possibly even criminal charges. But fines could never replace the lives lost. Captain Reinhardt vowed that this tragedy would not be forgotten. Fires were dangerous enough; ignoring safety laws made them deadly. #RandolphHarris 18 of 21

When it comes to firefighting, every incident carries the potential for injury—no matter how small the fire appears or how routine the call may seem. If you see a fire engine stopped in the street without its lights on, use extreme caution. Crews may be working nearby, and passing the apparatus can put them in danger. It is often safer to turn around and take another route; if you strike a firefighter or civilian and cause a fatality, you could face charges such as manslaughter. Firefighters frequently move around their vehicle on foot, loading equipment or preparing to leave the scene. Attempting to pass the apparatus can result in a collision with someone you cannot see. Pay close attention to their hand signals as well—emergency vehicles sometimes move slowly or reposition, and impatient drivers trying to slip around them create hazardous situations. If you are already in an intersection when you notice an emergency vehicle approaching, continue through it, then pull to the right and stop as soon as it is safe. Always obey directions from law enforcement officers or firefighters, even if those instructions conflict with posted signs or traffic laws. When sirens or flashing lights are activated, it is illegal to follow within 300 feet of a fire engine, ambulance, or police vehicle. Driving to the scene of a fire, collision, or disaster can also result in arrest, as doing so interferes with firefighters, paramedics, and other emergency personnel. Professional courage is not limited to physical toughness. It includes listening to others, advocating for them in difficult situations, understanding personal limits, and having the integrity to tell a superior when they are wrong. The deeper truth is that public safety depends not only on the bravery of first responders but on the discipline and judgment of the community around them. Every driver’s decision—whether cautious or careless—can either protect or endanger the people risking their lives to protect everyone else. #RandolphHarris 19 of 21

To help prevent disasters, we must plan well in advance. Efforts to preserve farmland and maintain buildable land for future generations often lead to discussions about population growth and long‑term planning. Some people argue that immigration levels should be managed carefully to ensure that infrastructure, housing, and land use remain sustainable. Others suggest that, when immigration does occur, programs that encourage broad representation can help communities reflect the diversity of the wider world. When Americans purchase goods made in the United States, it strengthens local businesses and signals to investors that these products are in demand. Strong sales give investors confidence to reinvest in domestic companies, helping keep jobs, production, and wages within the country. As businesses grow, they contribute more to the tax base, which can reduce the burden on taxpayers over time. Supporting American businesses also keeps more money circulating within the national economy. The government increases the national debt when it spends more than it collects in tax revenue or borrows from private or foreign lenders. When people shop locally, more tax revenue stays in the community and supports public services. This helps keep jobs in the United States and increases the tax contributions that fund government operations. Purchasing foreign-made goods, by contrast, often sends money overseas and may benefit companies that operate under lighter tax or environmental regulations. Buying American-made products can also reduce environmental impact because they travel shorter distances and are produced under stricter standards for air, land, and water protection. In this way, consumer choices influence not only the economy but also environmental stewardship and long-term national sustainability. #RandolphHarris 20 of 21

Under President Trump’s administration, he has made America a priority. President Trump has hermetically sealed the southern border, illegal crossings have been terminated, and are 90 percent lower than under the previous administration. Since President Trump’s crack down on crime, violent crimes in Washington D.C. have dropped by approximately 80 percent. He has stopped thousands of pounds of drugs from entering America and killing citizens. And since President Trump took office, investments in America have increased by trillions of dollars in U.S.A. manufacturing, production, and innovation. As you can see, President Donald Trump and his pledge to “Make America Great Again” is exactly what America needs to save the country and the American people. And yes, diversity is important, so you can see why it is also important to preserve blonde hair and blue eyes, as the people with these characteristics are becoming a minority in America. As a reminder, parents, please teach your children to love America and be patriotic citizens, and to buy goods and services made in America. It is also important to respect law and order and treat your elders with respect. It is inborn in the human mind to wish to know. If this begins with the endless surface questions of a child’s curiosity, if it continues into deeper questions of a scientist’s probing investigation, it cannot and does not stop there. For the higher part of the mind will eventually come into unfoldment, that union of abstract reflective thought with mystical intuition, which is true intelligence, which needs and sees a view of the whole of things. And so, the knowing faculty enters the realm of philosophy. A lot of children are having problems in school and cannot even write a paragraph because they are not reading their books. When you actually read books, you get an example of how to write and will become a better student. Therefore, remember to take your education seriously so that you will be successful in life and make your family proud. Also, to make sure they have all the resources required, please donate to the Sacramento Fire Department to help improve our national security. “Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand between their loved home and the war’s desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause is just, and this be our motto: ‘In God is our trust.’ And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” Thank you for your attention to this matter. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. #RandolphHarris 21 of 21

The Winchester Mystery House

Join us in celebrating the life of Mrs. Sarah L. Winchester on the anniversay of her passing, September 5, 1922.

Hostted by the enchanting Vogle Victorian team, this intimite Victorian Tea Party is limited to just 24 guests and includes a Victorian-style séance, blessing jar creations, and tea service inside the mansion. Held on the anniversay of her passing, this intimate gathering offers a unique way to honor Mrs. Sarah L. Winchester in the home where she spent nearly four decades.

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Date: September 5, 2026

Time: 10am PST & 7pm PST

Includes: Full Tea service, blessing jar material, and the séance experience

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A Victorian Prayer for Mrs. Sarah L. Winchester

O Lord of Mercy and Eternal Light, We humbly commend to Thy keeping the soul of Mrs. Sarah L. Winchester, who has departed from the labors of this earthly life. In Thy boundless compassion, look kindly upon her, whose days were marked by quiet generosity, steadfast devotion, and a heart inclined toward charity.

Grant that the works she wrought in tenderness—her care for the afflicted, her provision for the needy, and her remembrance of the suffering—may rise before Thee as a fragrant offering. May the hospital she endowed, and the kindness she bestowed upon those in her charge, stand as enduring witnesses of a gentle spirit seeking to ease the burdens of others.

We beseech Thee, O Lord, to surround her memory with the peace that passeth all understanding. Let Thy angels receive her, and let Thy heavenly rest be her portion. Comfort those who mourn her absence, and teach us to honor her life by walking in compassion, humility, and quiet service.

And as the shadows of this world give way to the dawn of Thy eternal kingdom, grant that she may behold the radiance of Thy countenance, and dwell forever in the light of Thy everlasting love.

Amen.