Richard Nixon actually said...

Though our ancestors would have called the deeds of Apollo miraculous, we do not see our age as an age of miracles.

Perhaps, in spite of ourselves, we do still live in an age of miracles.

So if there is self-congratulation, let it be tempered with awe, and our pride with prayer.

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