Lyndon Johnson: “And we think, as Emerson once put it, 'that our civilization is near…”

On the recordAugust 3, 1965

And we think, as Emerson once put it, 'that our civilization is near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock crowing and the morning star.'

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Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to College Students Employed by the Government During the Summer

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Lyndon Johnson: “And we think, as Emerson once put it, 'that our civilization is near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock…”