On the record
As surely as the path on which our fathers entered a hundred years ago led to safety, to strength, to glory, so surely will the path on which we now propose to enter bring us to shame, to weakness, and to peril.
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Hoar reflects on the consequences of the choices made by previous generations compared to the current path being taken.
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