The story of the civil rights movement is among the more inspiring passages in American history — maybe the most inspiring, for the terrible sacrifices made by many to secure for all the country's citizens the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution.
Many of the poem's lines are marred by stump-speech locutions ("Let cooperation, beauty and peace / characterize our neighborhoods"), but other passages are nevertheless inspiring, like a long litany of the many nations and states where Oakland's residents were born, and a joyful exhortation to let that "cultural bouillabaisse cook".
The romantic sweep of Brahms's Six Pieces, Op 118 brought more fire and, in the closing piece, obsessive fervour; but the stillness was there in the central passage of the gorgeous second piece, inspiring new heat in what followed it.
Seeing all these faces, colors, professions, accomplishments and the passage of time was tender, painful, inspiring.
Certainly there are moments when Rattigan's dramaturgy feels slightly fusty: a sentiment-scented passage in which Arthur receives a letter inspiring him, impulsively and temporarily, to withdraw his suit, for instance.
So today, we offer a passage from Machiavelli that we have always found comforting, even inspiring.
In his view, the decision catalyzed the passage of civil-rights legislation by, in effect, heightening the contradictions: inspiring Southern blacks to challenge segregation — and Southern whites to defend it — more aggressively than they otherwise would have.
In his view, the decision catalyzed the passage of civil-rights legislation by, in effect, heightening the contradictions: inspiring Southern blacks to challenge segregation and Southern whites to defend it more aggressively than they otherwise would have.
In a particularly evocative passage, Brown spoke of how the news of D-Day spread across Europe, inspiring the French Resistance to blow up bridges to thwart the Nazis -- and inspiring a young girl to write about it in her diary.
