Millions of American families have turned to "The Book of Virtues"
and "The Moral Compass" by William J. Bennett for moral guidance in
troubled times. "Our Sacred Honor" offers inspiration and
instruction as well...this time of a particularly American sort.
The lessons it contains are especially welcome. We live in a time
when the practice of representative government in the United States
of America is under siege from both the left and the right.
Scandals abound. We are first shocked, then wearied, to learn that
our national leaders have feet of clay. We live in a time, in
short, which demands that we return to our origins to discover the
common principles that make us essentially American. "Our Sacred
Honor" reveals those common principles. They are articulated by the
flawed but deeply admirable men and women who first wrote what it
is to be American. The pledge made by the Founders to one another
that hot July day in 1776--the pledge of "our lives, our fortunes,
and our sacred honor"--has been redeemed many times in the
centuries since, but the nation they founded has never failed to
profit from their example.
It is time to profit from their advice.
In "Our Sacred Honor, " William J. Bennett has collected the best
that has been thought and said by and about the men and women who
founded America. And what a group they are: George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander
Hamilton, John and Abigail Adams, and so many more that otherwise
first-rate intellects such as John Dickinson, Benjamin Rush, and
George Mason are relegated to the status of footnotes in the
popular imagination. Not since Periclean Athens has such a small
nation been led by so many larger-than-life figures. The only
characteristic they shared more widely than revolutionary ardor was
their talent (and inclination) for advice. Here is that advice on
virtually every aspect of "the good"--good government, good
relations between individuals and nations, and what it means to
live a good life. Here are Thomas Jefferson on piety ("Adore God.
Murmur not at the ways of Providence"); James Madison on justice
("It ever has been, and ever will be pursued, until it be obtained,
or until liberty be lost in the pursuit"); and Patrick Henry on
patriotism ("Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased
at the price of chains and slavery?"). Here are Abigail Adams on
love ("When he is wounded, I bleed..."); Benjamin Franklin on
industry ("Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today"); and
George Washington on friendship ("Be courteous with all, but
intimate with few"). Here are the lyrics to "Yankee Doodle,"
Longfellow's celebration of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, and
the Declaration of Independence. Here are the stories of the
Liberty Bell, Washington at Valley Forge, and Nathan Hale. Here are
selections from "The Federalist Papers, " and Ralph Waldo Emerson's
"Concord Hymn," with "the shot heard round the world." Here are
"Poor Richard's Almanack, " the extraordinary correspondence
between John and Abigail Adams, and George Washington's Farewell
Address.
The stories, songs, letters, and speeches collected in "Our Sacred
Honor" are an inspiring celebration of American exceptionalism,
produced by a collection of exceptional Americans. It is the best
book of advice in more than two hundred years.
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