poem | january 20, 1993
On the Pulse of Morning ~ recited at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton
“All true histories contain instruction: though in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.” Anne Brontë writer
“All true histories contain instruction: though in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.”
courage
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