Dreams From My Forefathers » Socialism http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com A fresh look at what the founders wanted for the new American Republic. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:57:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 I know no way of judging the future but by the past. Patrick Henry http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/01/18/i-know-no-way-of-judging-the-future-but-by-the-past-patrick-henry/ http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/01/18/i-know-no-way-of-judging-the-future-but-by-the-past-patrick-henry/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:00:32 +0000 ROK http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/?p=168 Engineers are continually adding to the body of knowledge and principles that comprise their particular art. Bridges get longer, buildings get higher, cars go faster and yet arrive with a higher degree of safety at their destinations. The medical profession uses techniques and knowledge acquired thousands of years ago. And yesterday. We live longer and healthier lives because of it. Mathematicians need not discover Pythagorean’s Theorem today any more than a carpenter need invent a hammer to build with. They are tools that have been given to us by our forefathers which when used properly allow us to do things the original inventors could never do. Pythagoras could never have built the moon lander. Without Pythagoras, neither could we.

It is on their shoulders we stand.

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These are the people who in the 90’s said it was a new economy and the markets would now always go up.

 

I disagree with the premise that somehow as Americans we are immune to the march of history. I hear “We will never long surrender our freedoms!!!” Really?

 

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