Amidst

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.

Forty-four US Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.

Our evidence is no more than a tiny sliver of solid knowledge amidst the vast bog of doubts and speculations.

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.

Tom jumped out of the trench, ran towards the machine gun nest, and hurled a grenade into it all the while amidst a hail of bullets.

Then trembling seized me and, amidst my fear, / what power I know not, but some power unkind / confused my wandering wits, and robbed me of my mind. / For while, the byways following, I left / the beaten track, ah! woe and well away! / my wife Creusa lost me – whether reft / by Fate, or faint or wandering astray, / I know not.

Amidst the chaos, he instantly realized the pointlessness of it all.

Amidst the swinging of censers by the priests, the bride and bridegroom joined hands and received the bishop's blessing.

That same evening the bride and bridegroom embarked, amidst the roar of cannon and the waving of banners.

And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.