In a radio address to the nation on October 13, 1940 that seems eerily prescient today, President Roosevelt said:
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.
The vigorous expression of our American community spirit is truly important. The ancient injunction to love thy neighbor as thyself is still the force that animates our faith — a faith that we are determined shall live and conquer in a world poisoned by hatred and ravaged by war.”
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This passage from FDR is like a gentle breeze in comparison to the quotidian sleet in our face that we are currently enduring from 1600.
“Quotidian sleet”. That’s definitely NOT an ordinary phrase you hear every day. 🙂