We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. | |
— Abraham Lincoln | |
From his first inaugural address | |
Delivered on Monday, March 4, 1861 | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2021 | Losing One’s Edge |
Can I Get An Up Front Seat? | |
2020 | Are You Sure? |
Who Could It Be? | |
2019 | Living Art |
Day 7: Week 1 – Mathematics | |
2018 | Hey, #45: Are We Sick Of Winning, Yet? |
Day 40: Wrists | |
2017 | Heart Vision |
2016 | A Labor Day / Pre-Election Hope |
Trust Me, Too | |
2015 | Without Hope |
Things Known And Unknown | |
2014 | A Wall Too High, A Bridge Too Far |
2013 | Glory = Danger |
Chicago Magic | |
Feelin’ It | |
2012 | How Did We Get Here? |
2011 | Labor Day Weekend Mishmash |
More, More, More | |
« REDs
A Labor Day / Pre-Election Hope
September 5, 2016 by kmabarrett
Sadly, the better angels of our nature only reappeared when hundreds of thousands died, one nation was torn asunder, and a fledgling nation was crushed beneath the boots of millions of exhausted boys in blue.
Hi Russ,
I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree. One nation was torn asunder by treason. There was no fledgling nation crushed. The southern states chose succession over loyalty to the United States. I do agreed hundreds of thousands died and the boys in blue won the war. Obviously, the North did not succeed in winning the hearts and minds of the South – about slavery or about states rights. As a nation, we are still coming to terms with “civil” rights and states rights.
If I were trying to put a start date to the appearance of “better angels”, I would look to the New Deal and the TVA. But that’s just me…
Kevin