George W. Bush: “The cause in which they died will continue. Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our journey into space will go on.”
The next paragraph is a lengthy Bible quote, and I'm not a religious man, but Bush and his speechwriters do have a certain ability to make me tear up when his speaches quote Bible verses in times of tragedy. Perhaps understandably, I teared up a lot more when he quoted Psalm 23 in his address to Americans on September 11th.
(In my copy of the Bible, the wording of the verse—Isaiah 40:26—is different than that which his appears in President Bush's speech. Mine reads as follows: “Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for what he is strong in power, not one is lacking.” It appears my copy of the Good Book is an American Standard Version.)
