Good morning, I thought I’d wrap up Independence Day week with a few final thoughts. First, the words of Abraham Lincoln, of whom I never tire of reading. These words offer context, hope and aspiration. They resonate today: HONEST ABE “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.”
#701 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Friday July 7)
#701 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Friday July…
#701 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Friday July 7)
Good morning, I thought I’d wrap up Independence Day week with a few final thoughts. First, the words of Abraham Lincoln, of whom I never tire of reading. These words offer context, hope and aspiration. They resonate today: HONEST ABE “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.”