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Nation's creation

credited to God

To the Editor:

President Clinton has promised to effect sweeping changes after his inauguration, and that is probably good; the power of America has always been its capacity for change and its ability to sustain the on-going revolution that democracy represents. Hut some issues at the foundation of our nation’s well-being cannot be changed' without causing damage to the structure of our nation itself.

George Washington’s inaugural address made no mention of foreign policy, domestic economics, partisan politics or any of the other matters which we might consider to be appropriate for the first democratically elected President in the history of the world to mention upon taking office. Washington mentioned only two things: 1) that he was honored to have the job and didn't want to be paid for it, and 2) that he desired to have God’s continued blessings for

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