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...echoing the shining "city upon a hill" metaphor used by the great American exceptionalists from John Winthrop to Ronald Reagan. "We are fighting for the dignity and happiness of human nature," he proclaimed. "Glorious it is for the Americans to be called by Providence to this post of honor...
After the ceremony, Franklin had the honor, if not pleasure, of being allowed to stand next to the Queen, the famously haughty Marie-Antoinette, as she played at the gambling tables. Alone among the throng at Versailles, she seemed to have little appreciation for the man who, she had been told, had once been "a printer's foreman." As she noted dismissively, a man of that background would never have been able to rise so high in Europe. Franklin would have proudly agreed...
Still, many (including this author) prefer to cling to the legend of a heroic general who, after enduring the heat of battle, was inspired to write a bugle call to honor his soldiers’ feats. The melody certainly has the somber yet proud ring of a composer who had been bruised but not beaten. Even when played at funerals today, it is not a completely mournful tune. The way the notes dip down in the second to last set of “da, da, da,” only to come back up and end with...
...that she’s won another appearance on national television, Redd said she has been the subject of “one celebration after another,” adding that “everyone’s really excited, it’s a huge honor...
...soldiers were the best-hated section of the white community, and, judged simply by their behavior, they certainly deserved to be." Americans should not want their young men and women in uniform to be hated, for to hate someone is the first step to killing them. One reason to honor Orwell's memory is that he reminds us of such uncomfortable truths...