They (histories of the Revolution) were pillars of the temple of liberty; and now that they have crumbled away, that temple must fall unless we, their descendants, supply their places with other pillars, hewn from the solid quarry of sober reason.
Reflecting on the legacy of the American Revolution, Lincoln urged his generation to replace the fading memory of the founders with a foundation of reason to preserve liberty.
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