Sep 30, 2009
adamiss: heyitsnoah: Wow, this was the first page of the speech William Safire, who died Sunday, wrote for Nixon in the event Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin got stranded on the moon. The last paragraph reads: “In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.” William Safire’s Finest Speech - William Safire - Gawker

adamiss:

heyitsnoah:

Wow, this was the first page of the speech William Safire, who died Sunday, wrote for Nixon in the event Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin got stranded on the moon. The last paragraph reads: “In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.”

William Safire’s Finest Speech - William Safire - Gawker

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