Lincoln Memorial itself will have inspirational guidance on our national situation.
We can succeed only by concert. It is not "can any of us imagine better?" but, "can we all do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occassion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. . . . Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. . . . The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.-- Abraham Lincoln, December 1, 1862 Message to Congress