And the words continue to echo down to the present day, spoken to us today by children who were not even alive then.

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And in the West, from the start, many religious authorities were hostile to science in too many cases to count (down to the present day).

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Again and again, America has been tested in the 20th century, coming through it all down to the present day with even greater blessings of liberty and prosperity, with our enduring optimism and steady faith in our common humanity.

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It involved countless volunteers, who scoured periodicals and books from the present day back to centuries past in order to track down every word.

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