Reflection Starter from Calvin Coolidge

“America is turning from the things that are seen to the things that are unseen . . . which we must recognize as the guiding hand of Providence. . . . Unless our material resources are supported by moral and spiritual resources, there is not much foundation for progress. A trained intelligence can do much, but there is no substitute for morality, character, and religious convictions. Unless these abide, American citizenship will be found unequal to its task.” –Calvin Coolidge (in an address to the National Education Association,
4 July 1924)