As the seasons gradually pass from the blooming spring to the dark depths of winter, the leaves on the trees begin to wither, changing in color from a vibrant green to a waning yellow, slowly merging with the poignant red pigments, to an eventual decay of brown. Nothing lasts forever in this world of constant change. But even in the steady spectrum of change, there exists an ideal model that reflects an exact moment in …showed first 75 words of 1922 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1922 total…edu/laweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/reag.htm> Roosevelt, Franklin. "First Inaugural Address." American Rhetorical Discourse. Ed. Halford Ross Ryan. Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press, 1992. 720-723. Washington, George. "First Inaugural Address of George Washington." The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. October 3, 2004. <http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/wash1.htm> Washington, George. "First State of the Union Address." American Rhetorical Discourse. Ed. Jared Sparks. Boston: American Stationers, 1837. 185-189.