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America the question

The nation is always at its best when we eschew certainty.

“Haven’t you noticed that the national anthem ends on a question?”

Professor Bratt in American Intellectual History my senior year of college pointed that out to me. I was so stunned that I had to go back and check. He was right. Our national anthem does end on a question.

What kind of country ends its national anthem not on bold declaration, but with a question mark?