Babylon 51994

[last lines]

[Sheridan is practicing his "good luck speech" in an empty C&C]

Capt. John Sheridan:
It was an early Earth president, Abraham Lincoln, who best described our situation. "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise to the occasion. We cannot escape history. We will be remembered in spite of ourselves. The fiery trial though which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation. We shall nobly save or meanly lose our last, best hope of Earth."

[he checks the time]

Capt. John Sheridan:
[with a satisfied smile] Five minutes to spare.