The history of delusions from the days of Mahomet to the present time illustrates the eagerness with which men are ever ready to seek out new inventions and to discard the old beliefs for the new.
This observation reflects on the human tendency to abandon old beliefs in favor of new ideas, drawing parallels through history.
Share
More from Adlai Stevenson
It is in very truth a government of the people, in an important sense a government standing separate and apart; its foundations the morality, the intelligence, the patriotism of the people.
Inseparably linked with that portion of its history are names that will live with those of the Cabots and Columbus.
Our eyes behold to-day the marvellous results of the far-seeing statesmanship in which it was conceived.
America's obligation to France is enduring--for explorers in the seventeenth century no less than for defenders in that which immediately followed.