Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Friday, September 28, 2018
BEING "AMERICAN"
BEING AN "AMERICAN" FIRST
Being "American", first, means: our beloved nation, that is so seminally dedicated to its founding doctrine:
philosophical, theological, political, economic, social, ideal; it needs, it wants, declares, ordains, pursues, movement toward these patterned premises of its epic divine creation:
that all men, women, children, are "created equal," as people of it in it.
Being an "American," first, means putting these epic ideals ahead of all others, whether they are: crass creeds, political parties, prejudices, rude discriminations, discouraging words, dastardly deeds, inhumane practices, or dissembled pretexts of all kind that diminish their pursuit.
Being an "American," first, means venturing into, investigating, all limits of earth, space, nature, science, including domains of human thought, consciousness and personality, in all of their attainable dimensions.
Being "American" summons the greatness in man to be man.