Carolina QuotesI think the true discovery of America is before us. I think the true fulfillment of our spirit, of our people, of our mighty and immortal land, is yet to come. I think the true discovery of our own democracy is still before us. And I think that all these things are certain as the morning, as inevitable as noon. I think I speak for most men living when I say that our America is Here, is Now, and beckons on before us, and that this glorious assurance is not only our living hope, but our dream to be accomplished.
Thomas Wolfe Carolinian
Source
Book VII, Ch. 48: Credo
- work
- You Can't Go Home Again (1940)
- year
- 1940
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“I think the true discovery of America is before us. I think …” Thomas Wolfe. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-08D7C0CBA5. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/08d7c0cba5
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