It will only get worse as Jeopardy gets It will only get worse as Jeopardy gets woke and inclusive - like everything else that wants to Posted: Jun 6th, 2021 - 11:22 am In Reply to: And Then There Was... - see msg
self-destruct.
Gettysburg address used to be memorized in schools. So did the Preamble to the Constitution. We even had to memorize the poem Abou Ben Adhams about the Brotherhood of Man.
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold.
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold;
And to the presence in the room he said,
"What writest thou?" The vision raised its head,
And, with a look made of all sweet accord,
Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."
"And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow-men."
The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night
It came again, with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed;
And, lo! Ben Adhem 's name led all the rest.
Leigh Hunt.
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