Spencer Heath Archive

Item 2077

Pencilings in the margin, Admiral Ben Moreell, “The High Cost of Redemption,” an address before the 26th Annual Convention of the Edison Electric Institute, Boston, Massachuestts, June 11, 1958. 

 

 

Page 2.

“I shall estimate that price and you will see that it is very high, in terms of moral courage, individual reform and personal sacrifice. It demands that we, too, be willing to pledge “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor” to regain and preserve our freedom, as was done once before at a crucial point in our history.” (Emphasis by Heath)

 

 

Sacrifice: Giving without getting. Converse of robbery and theft.

 

 

 

Page 3.

“…let us look briefly into the basic concepts upon which our forebears erected this nation.” (Emphasis by Heath)

 

 

This government. Not this society. Society evolves and develops.