Gettysburg Address

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(11-22-2015 04:44 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Thanks for mentioning the Lyceum Address. Although the circumstances were different, I wonder if Grow may have borrowed a little from Lincoln's Lyceum speech when he said, "In view of this grandest demonstration for self-preservation in the history of nationalities, desponding patriotism may be assured that the foundations of our national greatness still stand strong, and that the sentiment which to-day beats responsive in every loyal heart will for the future be realized. No flag alien to the sources of the Mississippi river will every float permanently over its mouths till its waters are crimsoned in human gore, and not one foot of American soil can ever be wrenched from the jurisdiction of the Constitution of the United States until it is baptised in fire and blood."

Very appropriate words for 2015 and beyond in what's happening in our world today...