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... marching orders are given , Washington delivers the following address , after which the curtain goes down on this scene and the sound of battle is heard in the distance . Liberty , property , life , and honor are all A DRAMATIZATION 31.
... marching orders are given , Washington delivers the following address , after which the curtain goes down on this scene and the sound of battle is heard in the distance . Liberty , property , life , and honor are all A DRAMATIZATION 31.
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... marches that great host which has brought us to the present day ; the host that has never forgotten the vision which it saw at the birth of the nation ; the host which always re- sponds to the dictates of humanity and of liberty ; the ...
... marches that great host which has brought us to the present day ; the host that has never forgotten the vision which it saw at the birth of the nation ; the host which always re- sponds to the dictates of humanity and of liberty ; the ...
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... marches into the reduced fortress of Fort Duquesne —where Pittsburgh now stands , and the Titans of In- dustry wage the eternal war of Toil - marches in with the advanced guard of his troops , and plants the Brit- ish flag over its ...
... marches into the reduced fortress of Fort Duquesne —where Pittsburgh now stands , and the Titans of In- dustry wage the eternal war of Toil - marches in with the advanced guard of his troops , and plants the Brit- ish flag over its ...
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... marching on to the consummation of his colossal work , with a hope that never died ; with a courage that never faltered ; with a wisdom that never yielded that “ all is vanity . ” It was not permitted the Roman to despair of the ...
... marching on to the consummation of his colossal work , with a hope that never died ; with a courage that never faltered ; with a wisdom that never yielded that “ all is vanity . ” It was not permitted the Roman to despair of the ...
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... marching with proud and victorious tread , reading their glory in a nation's eyes ! Will you bear with me while I tell you of another army that sought its home at the close of the late war — an army that marched home in defeat and not ...
... marching with proud and victorious tread , reading their glory in a nation's eyes ! Will you bear with me while I tell you of another army that sought its home at the close of the late war — an army that marched home in defeat and not ...
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Page 259 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die,...
Page 151 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 99 - Observe good faith and justice toward all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct, and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it...
Page 54 - Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.
Page 263 - My native country, thee, Land of the noble, free. Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills: My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 150 - To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.
Page 262 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave...
Page 102 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Page 261 - Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Page 278 - From the silence of sorrowful hours The desolate mourners go, Lovingly laden with flowers Alike for the friend and the foe; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the roses, the Blue; Under the lilies, the Gray.