Obama's victory speech last night in St. Paul reminded me of Aeneas' speech to his troops as they set out from Troy to found Rome.
From the Fitzgerald translation:
Friends and companions, Have we not known hard hours before this? My men, who have endured still greater dangers, God will grant us an end to these as well. You sailed by Scylla's rage, her booming crags, You saw the Cyclops' boulders. Now call back Your courage, and have done with fear and sorrow. Some day, perhaps, remembering even this Will be a pleasure.
