July 08, 2003
Belated Fourth of July Blessings and an Exhortation

The move has cut into my time for all other endeavors, thus my trickle of output has slowed even further. On top of that, I missed the opportunity to comment on my favorite holiday!

I love July 4th. I love it because I love the words (and I'm not alone).

I always take the time to read the Declaration out loud, declaiming every rolling phrase and candid reason, turning them over in my mind as I shape them with my tongue. A wonderful thing sprang forth from Congress nearly full-grown that day in 1776, a concept about people and their choices and hearing their voices. But liberty was not yet fully-grown then and she is not yet fully-grown now. And so, on the 4th, I also remember and take to heart the great words of Abraham Lincoln:

" It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. "

Posted by Martial
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