素晴らしい主の恵み…
素晴らしい主の恵み、何と心地良い響きよ、/惨めだったこの心を救う。/さ迷うこの身を導き給い、/見えないこの目を開き給う。// – ジョン・ニュートン (1725 – 1807): 『アメイジング・グレイス』(【歌える訳詞】岡本健(おかもとけん) (1963 – )) (WikimediaImagesによるPixabayからの画像) / (Mircea PloscarによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »

![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)

![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)


![IMAGE: ..., she [Alice] ran across the field after it [the Rabbit], and was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. In another moment down went Alice after it, ....](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/New-Year-Card-2023web-100x84.png)

