And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to one thousand1 Classic Short Stories and Tales.

This is your host, John Hagadorn.

Like many of you, I'm a student not only of classic literature, but of history.

And, like many of you, I have often wondered what some of our great leaders here

in the U.S. would tell us if they had the opportunity. America today, and I think most of you

agree, is in great need of morality and virtue.

Although they cannot speak to us, our country's greatest leaders often visualize the future

and they did try to steer us in the right direction.

I would like to share some very prescient advice from two of my favorite Americans

George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt. The first is the Farewell address

given to us by George Washington as he prepared to lead the office of the presidency on September 19, 1796.

The second is called Going to Church by Theodore Roosevelt, which was published in Ladies Home Journal in 1917.

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And now, and now we begin with the Farewell address by George

Washington. Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political

prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.

In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these

great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.

The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them.

A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity.

Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property for reputation for life if the

sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of

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