Hero Tales from American HistoryTells the story of some Americans who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen or where champions of the nation in the various crises of her history. |
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... United States independent and gave birth to the American nation . Even to give a list of what he did , to name his battles and re- count his acts as president , would be beyond the limit and the scope of this book . Yet it is always ...
... United States independent and gave birth to the American nation . Even to give a list of what he did , to name his battles and re- count his acts as president , would be beyond the limit and the scope of this book . Yet it is always ...
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... United States , and is also mem- orable for its meaning and spirit among all speeches ever made by men . He spoke as follows : Mr. President : -The great events on which my resigna- tion depended having at length taken place , I have ...
... United States , and is also mem- orable for its meaning and spirit among all speeches ever made by men . He spoke as follows : Mr. President : -The great events on which my resigna- tion depended having at length taken place , I have ...
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... United States of becoming a respectable nation , I resign with satisfac- tion the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task , which , how- ever , was superseded by a confidence ...
... United States of becoming a respectable nation , I resign with satisfac- tion the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task , which , how- ever , was superseded by a confidence ...
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... United States , when he went out of office , an effective and vigorous government . When he was inaugurated , we had nothing but the clauses of the Constitution as agreed to by the GEORGE WASHINGTON Convention . When he laid down the ...
... United States , when he went out of office , an effective and vigorous government . When he was inaugurated , we had nothing but the clauses of the Constitution as agreed to by the GEORGE WASHINGTON Convention . When he laid down the ...
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... United States included only the thirteen origi- nal States on the sea - board . With the exception of a few hunters there were no white men west of the Alleghany Mountains , and there was not even an American hunter in the great country ...
... United States included only the thirteen origi- nal States on the sea - board . With the exception of a few hunters there were no white men west of the Alleghany Mountains , and there was not even an American hunter in the great country ...
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Page 301 - 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 138 - THE muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 300 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Page 290 - O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells: Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths — for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 301 - ANY DEPARTURE FROM THOSE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES WHICH THE BELIEVERS IN A LIVING GOD ALWAYS ASCRIBE TO HIM. 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 BONDSMAN'S TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS...
Page 290 - My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is...
Page 138 - Their shivered swords are red with rust, Their plumed heads are bowed; Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shroud. And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The...
Page 68 - Set you down this ; And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog, And smote him, thus.
Page 36 - Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...