Soul

The Soul is the center of the living being of America. Its central theme of liberation was derived from the minds and hearts of men and women like Abraham Lincoln who ventured into the avenues of consciousness that laid the foundation of American society.

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived by Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal….It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” – Excerpt from “The Gettysburg Address”

The United States was built under the idea of equality and freedom. This fundamental notion of a truly just nation has attracted immigration from oppression and hardship to American shores. Lincoln left America with an ideal of its purpose being the everlasting safe heaven of a government controlled by the common and ruled for the common. The bible of America or the code of conduct in America is the constitution. Gifted men like Lincoln are the prophets of the future. America’s original meaning or intended meaning was derived from the revisable constitution and from eloquent speeches of its leaders.

This speech was given during the Civil War to bring hope and unity to the northern states. The south had succeded and Lincoln noted that in order for the Union (United States – Northern states) to survive, there needed unity and cooperation of all people in the war effort.

America was built on these principles of morality for men. Future generations used the declarations and speeches of America’s early pioneers. The soul created an ideal democratic state where battles for social equality between rich and poor, race, and gender inequalities exist. This is the foundation of the developing political, economic and social body that makes up what America is in soul and where it should be heading toward.

Next stop, the thriving spirit!

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