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http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/9-11-unity-america-divided-article-1.2786811
On a far less intimate scale, at the passage of a decade and a half, the onward march reaches a milestone for pondering the America of then and the America of now.
Were we fools to think that the devotion of neighbors and strangers — to one another and to a nation in search of the common good — was real?
Were we even greater fools to think that the bond of grief and resolution forged by a common enemy could withstand whatever we threw against it?
Yes, alas, we were fools, but there was glory in it, because our high-minded naiveté flowed from patriotism and America’s genetic optimism.
On a far less intimate scale, at the passage of a decade and a half, the onward march reaches a milestone for pondering the America of then and the America of now.
Were we fools to think that the devotion of neighbors and strangers — to one another and to a nation in search of the common good — was real?
Were we even greater fools to think that the bond of grief and resolution forged by a common enemy could withstand whatever we threw against it?
Yes, alas, we were fools, but there was glory in it, because our high-minded naiveté flowed from patriotism and America’s genetic optimism.
