Part 4

What nobler business is there, for man or nation? And who should lead in it if not ourselves? First, though, let us approach the work in true humility, confessing our own faults and shortcomings. Guard us, heaven, against the triple sin of pride, arrogance, and self-conceit. Let us ever keep in mind those noble words of the young Laureate of Empire, written for England at the climax of her greatness, but no less fitting for ourselves:

"If, drunk with power, we loose Wild words that have not Thee in awe-- Such boastings as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds, without the Law-- Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget!"

Transcriber's Notes

Passages in italics are indicated by _underscores_.