The weight of history prevented me from seeing the President's Second Inaugural Address, but, thanks to the miracle of the Internet, I was able to read the text online. I was surprised by the bold, sweeping power of its rhetoric: "By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well — a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world. Yes, the fire that we have set burning in the minds of men will shine even in the dimmest dankest depths of the Mines of Bagdûr, and it will glimmer brightly upon the coldest jagged peak of the dread Mountains of Kayhan Kalhor, and it will gleam forth in a great blue tongue of fire out upon the terrible blank vastness of the Swamp of Bibimbap, yes, even unto the stark steep steps of the Dark Castle of Darth Darkûr...."
