Adlai Stevenson: “To him every cloud had a silver lining,--the lining generally concealing the cloud.”

What page in our history tells of deeds so fraught with blessings to the generations of men as the discovery of America?

Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible and, by attempting, prove that one with God can chase a thousand and two can put ten thousand to flight.

In the presence of such majestic power we can only stand awed and silent.

Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities.