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Fri 1 Mar, 2013 09:51 am
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Martin Van Buren's Inaugural Address - Wikisource
In approaching, then, in the presence of my assembled countrymen, to make the solemn promise that yet remains, and to pledge myself that I will faithfully ...
@oristarA,
Quote:In approaching, then, in the presence of my assembled countrymen, to make the solemn promise that yet remains, and to pledge myself that I will faithfully execute the office I am about to fill, I bring with me a settled purpose to maintain the institutions of my country, which I trust will atone for the errors I commit.
It may mean a promise that he has yet to make. It may not.
I had to dig up the quote just to be sure you hadn't left out something that would add sense to the thing.
@oristarA,
Yes. It implies that it has not yet been done...
@oristarA,
Quote:In approaching, then, in the presence of my assembled countrymen, to make the solemn promise that yet remains, and to pledge myself that I will faithfully ...
It might be a direct reference to the presidential oath of office, the pledge that he is just about to make --> that I will faithfully execute the office ... .
@roger,
Quote:It may mean a promise that he has yet to make. It may not.
That's wrong, surely. There is no room for ambiguity in such a speech.
He is re-affirming his campaign statements.
It would have been a little clearer if he had said "...to re-make the solemn promise that yet remains...)
@McTag,
McTag wrote:
Quote:It may mean a promise that he has yet to make. It may not.
That's wrong, surely. There is no room for ambiguity in such a speech.
He is re-affirming his campaign statements.
It would have been a little clearer if he had said "...to re-make the solemn promise that yet remains...)
Welcome back, McTag.
It has been a while since the last time I saw you.
@oristarA,
Well that's very kind of you.
I hadn't gone far.
I agree with JTT (for once). He is referring to the oath of office that he had accepted before this speech. That oath promise still remained to be carried out.
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