Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Spoken like a statesman” (January 16). Outgoing US President Barack Obama gave a motivating farewell speech. We heard the voice of humanity when he said, “If we’re unwilling to invest in the children of immigrants, just because they don’t look like us, we will diminish the prospects of our own children — because those brown kids will represent a larger and larger share of America’s workforce.”
Indeed, Obama has had his name embroidered as one of the runners in the relay of evolution. He ran with the baton of humanity which had been passed over to him by the likes of Abraham lincoln. We heard such a voice when Abraham lincoln said, “Whenever I hear one arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”