But whatever the case, I want to take this precise moment to thank Steve Martin for all of the music and all the laughter that he's brought thus far to my life -- and to all of ours.
"What has brought us thus far, will take us further ahead.
Can the gears that have brought them thus far mesh with the gears that will take them into the national story?
A conspiring pen had brought him thus far.
God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Standing a few feet from the first African-American President, Lowery read the final verse: God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far along the way, Thou who has by Thy might led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray...
Standing a few feet from the first African-American President, Lowery read the final verse: God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far along the way, Thou who has by Thy might led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray..
Americans "can draw inspiration and leadership" from the American women who "have brought us thus far," and "we can start now down the path that they have set before us".
Some listeners detected an allusion to a passage in "Amazing Grace," the hymn written by a slave trader turned minister and abolitionist, John Newton, after he survived an Atlantic storm: Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.
