Can America Rise Above the Tide of History?

And it is plain to me that America has indeed gone through most of the progression that Sir Tytler described. But then those colonists developed a deep spiritual faith in God, and that led them to a thirst for liberty. And that virtuous liberty led to the greatest economic power the world has ever seen, an “abundance” unmatched in human history. Americans have largely forgotten — and many have come to hate — the spiritual faith the country was built upon. AdvertisementAmericans are humans, too, and apparently aren't the kind of people who can defy history and rise above the tide.