[EdJay]

That was beautiful, Luis. Thank you for posting it. Disregard the idiot comments.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Thanks.

I resisted the urge to make the writing more modern, and to use more punctuation, but finally decided to just post it as I found it.

Like everyone else, I heard Reagan talk about the shining city on a hill, and wanted to read the entire sermon.

I found the end to be quite astonishing.

[tessalu]

These are the words of my ancestor, John Winthrop, and to me they are beautiful, even if full of mispellings.