Red shows lst parallel part, blue shows what the red is parallel with.
Line 3 & 4: “symbolizind an end, as well as a beginning – signifying renewal, as well as change.“
Paragraph 4: “”…that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the sucess of liberty.
Paragraph 6: “To those….we pledge” in paragraphs 6-9. “United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do.”
Paragraph 14: “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”
Paragraph 19: “And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspiscion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power but a new world of law…”
Paragraph 22: “Now the trumpet sumons again – not as a call to bear arms though arms we need; not as a call to battle though embattled we are-”
Paragraph 25: “And so my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
Paragraph 26: “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what america will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.“
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