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E Pluribus Unum
A sunflare squints o'er
Lady Liberty
Spilling sunshine
Through tears of dew
She has spent the long night crying
But now the day is new
Mayhaps her plight has worsened
Mayhaps her children have strayed
Mayhaps all in all
There's no reason to hope
Hope should have died with yesterday
And yet the dawn
Dries our mother's face
Like the shoulder of a bosom friend
For she knows that each day
The sun returns
That day will not be the end
And as hard as the masses may try
To imagine God away
To scour his name out of stone and pledge
To forbid the children to pray
Silence cannot discredit fact
Any more than a blindfold
Can turn the sun black-
That we remain
One Nation
Under God
Cannot change
Only whether we trust.
E Pluribus Unum
Out of many, one . . .
. . . one what?
A sunflare squints o'er
Lady Liberty
Spilling sunshine
Through tears of dew
She has spent the long night crying
But now the day is new
Mayhaps her plight has worsened
Mayhaps her children have strayed
Mayhaps all in all
There's no reason to hope
Hope should have died with yesterday
And yet the dawn
Dries our mother's face
Like the shoulder of a bosom friend
For she knows that each day
The sun returns
That day will not be the end
And as hard as the masses may try
To imagine God away
To scour his name out of stone and pledge
To forbid the children to pray
Silence cannot discredit fact
Any more than a blindfold
Can turn the sun black-
That we remain
One Nation
Under God
Cannot change
Only whether we trust.
E Pluribus Unum
Out of many, one . . .
. . . one what?
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Benjamin Franklin, at the 1787 Constitutional convention, is said to have reflected on an engraving in George Washington's chair. It depicted a stylized sun, peeking over the horizon. Before he signed the document, he is quoted as saying:
"I have often looked at that picture behind the president without being able to tell whether it was a rising or setting sun. Now at length I have the happiness to know that it is indeed a rising, not a setting sun."
It is up to each of us to make sure that sun continues to rise; let us honor the memory of our forebears and secure the future for our children. Let us each rise to the occasion, trust God, and serve our fellow man.
"I have often looked at that picture behind the president without being able to tell whether it was a rising or setting sun. Now at length I have the happiness to know that it is indeed a rising, not a setting sun."
It is up to each of us to make sure that sun continues to rise; let us honor the memory of our forebears and secure the future for our children. Let us each rise to the occasion, trust God, and serve our fellow man.
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one what?
one nation
Out of many, races, cultures, faiths, beliefs and ancestries we a one Nation
I cant believe he we continue to use a motto who's origins were that of faith but fear, paranoia and stupidity during the Red Scare.
one nation
Out of many, races, cultures, faiths, beliefs and ancestries we a one Nation
I cant believe he we continue to use a motto who's origins were that of faith but fear, paranoia and stupidity during the Red Scare.