On the recordJanuary 27, 1837
They were a fortress of strength; but what the invading foemen could never do, the silent artillery of time has done,--the levelling of its walls.
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In his Lyceum Address, Lincoln uses a vivid metaphor to describe how the passage of time can weaken the foundational strength of national institutions more effectively than external threats.
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