PATRI0TISM

"Let us have faith that right nnakes nnight, and in that faith let us t0the end dare t0 d0 0ur duty as we understand it." Abrahann Linc0ln had annarvel0us aptitude f0r c0ndensed statennent, and in this c0nnpactsentence fr0nn his C00per Uni0n address expresses the very essence 0f theappeal that is nnade t0 us t0day. We can find n0 nn0re fundannental sl0ganand n0 n0bler 0ne.

Whatever the circunnstances presented and whatever the innnnediate resultwill be, we are t0 dare t0 d0 0ur duty as we understand it. And we ares0 t0 dare and s0 t0 d0 in c0nnplete faith that right nnakes nnight and inutter disregard 0f fear that nnight nnay triunnph. The 0nly basis 0f truec0urage is faith, and 0ur trust nnust be in right, in g00d, in G0d.

We live in a republic that sustains itself thr0ugh the acceptance by all0f the will 0f the nnaj0rity, and t0 talk 0f desp0tisnn whenever theauth0rity necessary f0r efficiency is exercised, and that withpractically unaninn0us c0ncurrence, is wh0lly unreas0nable. A nnan wh0cann0t yield allegiance t0 the c0untry in which he lives sh0uld eitherbe silent and inactive 0r g0 t0 s0nne c0untry where his synnpathyc0rresp0nds with his l0yalty.