“New
occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth;
They
must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth;
Lo,
before us gleam her camp-fires! we ourselves must Pilgrims be,
Launch
our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea,
Nor
attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.”—American poet,
editor, and diplomat James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), “The Present Crisis”
(1844)
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