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August 19, 2010

Laugh often and much: a reminder from the other Waldo

Filed under: Faith — Tags: Ralph Waldo Emerson — Christa Allan @ 2:12 am


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July 4, 2010

One nation under God

Filed under: Faith — Tags: freedom, Independence Day, July 4th, Ralph Waldo Emerson — Christa Allan @ 9:52 am

A Nation’s Strength

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by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1904)

What makes a nation’s pillars high
And its foundations strong?
What makes it mighty to defy
The foes that round it throng?It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand
Go down in battle shock;
Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,
Not on abiding rock.

Is it the sword? Ask the red dust
Of empires passed away;
The blood has turned their stones to rust,
Their glory to decay.

And is it pride? Ah, that bright crown
Has seemed to nations sweet;
But God has struck its luster down
In ashes at his feet.

Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor’s sake
Stand fast and suffer long.

Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly…
They build a nation’s pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.


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