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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I do the very best I know how--the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.
The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?
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