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　　After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson: ``We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?''

　　Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The years and changes accumulate. But the

　　themes of this day he would know: our nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.

　　We are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose. Yet his purpose is achieved in

　　our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.

　　Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more just and

　　generous, to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life.

　　This work continues. This story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.

　　God bless you all, and God bless America.