“The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change; then let it come.” ~ James Russell Lowell During the time I was a postgraduate student at Georgetown University, I would often visit the Lincoln Memorial, and reflect. Akin to great cathedrals, it commanded pious silence from its visitors, although occasionally one would see little kids running around and playing at the feet of this magnificent homage to our 16th President. Reading the Gettysburg address etched there, I realized with awe that one person with a dream really can change the course of events. It was obvious why Martin Luther King, Jr. chose…...
What would Honest Abe do now?
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