The road ahead will be long. our climb will be steep. we may not get there in one year or even one term, but america i have never been more hopeful than i am tonight that we will get there. i promise you we as a people will get there. there will be setbacks and false starts. we know government can't solve every problem. but i will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. i will listen to you, especially when we disagree. and above all, i will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in america for two-hundred and twenty one years block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand. the phrase “calloused hand by calloused hand ” implies all of the following except a. the u. s. was built through the use of slave labor. b. building the u. s. was a long, tough process. c. growth of the country involved hard, physical labor. d. building a nation is not an easy job.