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NNadir

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Tue Oct 22, 2019, 07:07 PM Oct 2019

Origin of an Upbeat Phrase in Dark Times: "We Cannot Predict the Future, But We Can Invent It."

I thought it attributed to Lincoln.

It's not, apparently:

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Nevertheless, in these times, with our democracy in such danger, the thought somehow thrills me.

I hope the young people live this way.

Go Millennials! Take the World! Do better than us! You can't possibly do worse!

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Origin of an Upbeat Phrase in Dark Times: "We Cannot Predict the Future, But We Can Invent It." (Original Post) NNadir Oct 2019 OP
Interesting history. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2019 #1
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