She was beautiful in face and form, and lovelier still in spirit; As a flower she grew, and as a fair young flower she died. Her life had been always in the sunshine; there had never come to her a single sorrow; and none ever knew her who did not love and revere her for the bright, sunny temper and her saintly unselfishness. Fair, pure, and joyous as a maiden; loving, tender, and happy. As a young wife; when she had just become a mother, when her life seemed to be just begun, and when the years seemed so bright before her-then, by a strange and terrible fate, death came to her. And when my heart’s dearest died, the light went from my life forever.
Having read many of his memoirs and the multitude of books about his life, Richard Nixon had to of course answer to his mistakes that brought down his Presidency. But combined with such dearly eloquent words that he delivered in that farewell speech, and that beautifully composed score from John Williams in the background, this I believed placed some poignant honor upon his memory. Nixon indeed made his reckless mistakes, but despite his weaknesses, I think he was inherently a good man. But it also brought tears to my eyes as it struck a very delicate chord in me, most especially when he talked about the death of President Theodore Roosevelt’s wife, Alice Lee, and how Roosevelt had picked himself up and marched onward with his life, becoming one of the most historically important figures in our history, and thereby teaching us all a valuable lesson that we should find each our own path of life still worth living to the fullest. I lost my own wife five months ago to illness, and like Nixon had read in Roosevelt’s memoir, “I thought the light had left my life forever”. I’ve been slowly adjusting, dusting myself off, and making every effort to press on with my own life after this tragedy. Seeing this video actually made me tear up heavily, but it also gave me some feeling of peace and even instilled in me a degree of inspiration - to go on, to press on, and know that “now I have fallen into the deepest valley, I can, and will, find the strength again to reach my summit upon the highest mountain.” Thank you so much for uploading this.
Ah! Oliver Stone cut the very end where he mentions that they'd all be in their prayers. I sure wish I could have John Williams score the darkest moment of MY life.
@@calisongbird I think your looking for the POS Johnson or the creepy Clintons. Now go away and listen to their sick speeches! Democrat can't even spell ethics!
Clearly an astonishing speech by a great man. His life after this, beginning with the Frost Nixon interviews would solidify Nixon's place as an Elder Statesman and his work after the White House is greater than any other US President as he was able to maintain his foreign policy until his death in 1994 traveling to China and Russia many times as well as advising every US President after him, except Jimmy Carter.
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Surprisingly cinematic. This sync ups with the speech (and is reminiscent of the film) to a far greater extent than one might expect.
