President s it established and the legacies that left. There is a strong case to be made that november 11, the day that a battered square rigor called the mayflower made safe harbor in a place near what is today in massachusetts. That day should be one of the greatest moments in our national theory, comparable to fourth of july, independence day, and september 17, constitution day. But let me qualify that statement a little bit. As ourk of the pilgrims forebears and we are right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new puritans that were selling new england at the time did not imagine they were settling establishing the United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The early settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations they wanted, what the spaniards wanted from the
We think of the pilgrims as our forbearers and we have a right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new englanders settling at the time did not imagine they were settling United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations, gold, wealth, material wealth. The settlers of new england were driven by religious zeal. Most of them were puritans, men and women of a company spent who believed the church of england had not gone far enough to purge itself of its corrupt aspects and would despair of a cleansing renewal ever coming in their lifetimes, and hence their decision to emigrate to the new beginning. In particular were not only calvinists but separatists, meaning they had separated themselves from the aurch of england as they
[ applause ] thank you. President , mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley and congressman miller, mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor, and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here. And i am particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times
Speaks to a very live and significant controversy politics the subject has been in areas, subject of an enormous amount of thought and argument in the last few years and the question nationalism of the nation in place in our politics and its connection to some of the forces and threats as been drawing the politics of the west. In recent years. And well hear from rich a little bit about the book and he and i will then discuss it for your a few minutes and then we will open it up to questions from you. Who please lets welcome rich lowry. [applause]. Rich thank you. It is a pleasure to be here. Thank who much for your making the time. I will share with you what has been my favorite moment from my book to works of art. I say he came in on the second day. As an npr interview. And we are his practice, i like to say of this professor in. Who they do, as they hope you as a conservative. If you on history or policy and then theyll have a professor on like in the middle of your presentation or r
Conservativism for decades. Hes edited it since 1997, rich is also a syndicated columnist and author i very much recommend to you the previous book study of Abraham Lincoln social and economic thought lincoln unbound. This new one speaks to a very live and significant controversy in our politics a subject that has been an area thats been a subject of enormous amount of thought and argument in the last two years the question of nationalism of the nation and its place in our politics. Its connection to some of the forces and threads that have been driving the politics of the west in recent years. The forum will be very simple, will hear from rich a little bit about the book. Then he and i will discuss it for a few minutes and then open to questions from you. Please lets welcome rich lowry. [applause] thank you thank you everyone, its a pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for making the time. I will share with you what has been my favorite moment from my book tour so far, came very ear