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To him every cloud had a silver lining,--the lining generally concealing the cloud.
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Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “To him every cloud had a silver lining,--the lining generally concealing the cloud.”
Editor's note · Context
Stevenson uses a metaphor to express optimism in the face of adversity.
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It is high privilege and high honor to be a citizen of this grand republic.
Illinois, in all that constitutes true grandeur in a people, knows no superior among the great sisterhood of States.
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.
The value of the great Ordinance to millions who have since found homes within the limits of the vast area embraced within its provision cannot be overstated.