TREE OF HOPE

"THE AMERICAN MIND EXASPERATED THE EUROPEAN AS A BUZZ-SAW MIGHT EXASPERATE A PINE FOREST." IN 1863 HENRY ADAMS OBSERVED OUR FRENETICS. HE KNEW ABOUT AMERICA'S EQUALITY IN FREEDOM, THE GREAT FACILITATOR. HE APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT CHAOS BREEDS LIFE, BUT HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE MIDST OF A CIVIL WAR, THE UNITED STATES WAS CHOPPING DOWN HUMANITY, LIKE TREES, WILLY-NILLY, IN ORDER TO FIND THE TREE OF HOPE WHICH WOULD SAVE OUR NATION. LINCOLN FELL TO THE CAUSE. THE SAWDUST LAY IDLE AWHILE UNTIL RECONSTRUCTION BEGAN. WHAT GREAT COMMUNICATOR WILL LEAD US FORWARD IN HOPE TODAY?