To-day, inspired by the sublime lessons of the event we celebrate and with hearts of gratitude to God for all he hath vouchsafed to our fathers and to us in the past, let us take courage, and turn our faces hopefully, reverently, trustingly to the future.
Stevenson encourages a hopeful and grateful outlook towards the future, inspired by the lessons of the past.
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