Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again;
The eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies among his worshippers.
   — William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), “The Battle-Field,” l. 33-36 (1837)
Pretty to think so. Though I’m enough of a student of history (and observer of the present political race) to have my doubts.
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