The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... earth . That shot was thrown to the feet of Liberty in defiance . It was intended to inaugurate a life - or - death - struggle between Slavery and Freedom . It did its work ; and the cannon which threw it will live longer in history ...
... earth . That shot was thrown to the feet of Liberty in defiance . It was intended to inaugurate a life - or - death - struggle between Slavery and Freedom . It did its work ; and the cannon which threw it will live longer in history ...
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... earth could give us , with the fairest and broadest field for its use and de- velopment . The Creator had looked on us benignantly , as our fathers sailed for a new home beyond the sea , to find a resting - place for earth's children ...
... earth could give us , with the fairest and broadest field for its use and de- velopment . The Creator had looked on us benignantly , as our fathers sailed for a new home beyond the sea , to find a resting - place for earth's children ...
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... earth , and corps d'armées parted never to form in battle - line again , are crowned with the wreath which Victory loves to throw over the brows of its chieftains . Their names embellish the stately pages of history . Their examples ...
... earth , and corps d'armées parted never to form in battle - line again , are crowned with the wreath which Victory loves to throw over the brows of its chieftains . Their names embellish the stately pages of history . Their examples ...
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... earth could do had been done , to save the life of the gallant young soldier . I followed the surgeon a few steps on the routine of duty . We stopped , and looked each other in the face . He knew I wanted to know the whole truth ...
... earth could do had been done , to save the life of the gallant young soldier . I followed the surgeon a few steps on the routine of duty . We stopped , and looked each other in the face . He knew I wanted to know the whole truth ...
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... earth earthy , to rescue a Republic , and then go back after this episode of suffering to inaugurate the life of a citizen farmer on the bleak hills of New York : -if all this could not sustain him , what could ? — In former visits to ...
... earth earthy , to rescue a Republic , and then go back after this episode of suffering to inaugurate the life of a citizen farmer on the bleak hills of New York : -if all this could not sustain him , what could ? — In former visits to ...
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