The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... fathers sailed for a new home beyond the sea , to find a resting - place for earth's children . Thus high did Heaven seem to fix its purpose on North America , thus high did our founders comprehend the fact . Our history had been more ...
... fathers sailed for a new home beyond the sea , to find a resting - place for earth's children . Thus high did Heaven seem to fix its purpose on North America , thus high did our founders comprehend the fact . Our history had been more ...
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... Father . We now wait only for your return . When we parted , it was not with repining : you had gone to the altar of your country in solemn and complete dedication . I too was prepared for the sacrifice . I expected it , although I knew ...
... Father . We now wait only for your return . When we parted , it was not with repining : you had gone to the altar of your country in solemn and complete dedication . I too was prepared for the sacrifice . I expected it , although I knew ...
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... the eve of the great day of Antietam he heard that his son was born , and the hero - father died by the side of Hooker . - Sic transit gloria mundi . V. Mount Vernon in Other Days . THE stream of OF THE REBELLION . 23.
... the eve of the great day of Antietam he heard that his son was born , and the hero - father died by the side of Hooker . - Sic transit gloria mundi . V. Mount Vernon in Other Days . THE stream of OF THE REBELLION . 23.
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... Father of the American Republic . The nations of the Old World , as they lift their wearied and half - palsied arms to strike for Liberty , utter the name of Washington with veneration , gratitude , and love . Wherever the all - glowing ...
... Father of the American Republic . The nations of the Old World , as they lift their wearied and half - palsied arms to strike for Liberty , utter the name of Washington with veneration , gratitude , and love . Wherever the all - glowing ...
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... Father of his country . But there was some- thing so holy in the thought that we were approaching the spot where the greatest and purest of mankind rested from his heroism , that we felt mirth had no place in our feelings , and into ...
... Father of his country . But there was some- thing so holy in the thought that we were approaching the spot where the greatest and purest of mankind rested from his heroism , that we felt mirth had no place in our feelings , and into ...
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