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alright people were still following presidential speeches namely Barack

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Obama's 2013 inaugural and then we've skimmed it while skim it again we [text on screen]

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promise but let's start with a question here as used in the passage Creed and my

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country that most closely means what the sentence is right there they gave to us

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a republic a government of and By and For the People

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entrusting each generation to it keep safe our founding Creed let's see well

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the correct answer it's easy ology see well the shmoop family has been passing [students writing]

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down a secret chili recipe from generation to generation and you can

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find it on the website too somewhere I think each generation keeps that recipe

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safe believing that deliciousness is worth defending an ideology is a bit [tomato sauce in a pot]

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like a recipe for what people believe and how they think and act Obama is

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saying the recipe for America must be safeguarded if Americans start adding [picture of Obama]

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broccoli or taking out freedom well the country won't think or act like the [melting pot]

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founders intended will Creed often has religious overtones the president is

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using it here to convey the importance and depth of this foundational idea but [text on screen]

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he's not saying the country is a religion faith a and sect be right there [Jesus]

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are both strongly religious words faith is about having trust in an idea not

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about the idea itself insect also implies division while Obama is

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appealing for unity well the declaration is itself a

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document D but as with our secret chili recipe the idea contained in the

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document has a separate existence that is much more important or a much more

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delicious than the paper on which it's written over where the paper does have

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high fiber which is supposed to be good for you [melting pot]

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