In an election season filled with vitriol and hateful language, a 1993 letter from George H.W. Bush to Bill Clinton is getting renewed attention for the dignity and respect with which an outgoing president addressed his successor even after a hard-fought race.

The Inauguration Day letter is from Bush’s presidential library and is mentioned in both presidents' autobiographies. Back in June, the letter resurfaced on social media, and Hillary Clinton posted it on her Instagram.

It went viral once again when a Twitter user posted it with a wistful message:



A long, long time ago, in a land far far away, politics had grace. George H.W. Bush's letter to Bill Clinton on leaving office: pic.twitter.com/bJn6ojWRS4 — Saba Gul (@sabagl) October 16, 2016

Others agreed that politics has fallen far from the standard set by Bush in the letter:



@sabagl This to the guy of beat him. It feels like something written a million years ago... — MiguelClarkMallet (@mar_de_palabras) October 19, 2016

@sabagl @snickerfritz04 I so miss the integrity of former real Presidential races. — Susan Beck (@susanbeck101) October 19, 2016

@sabagl top class from a guy I never had a high opinion of, puts the current candidate to shame 👏👏 — Cat in the Hat (@Ollymcw) October 17, 2016