The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... hour our country was born . We have inherited all the 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 ...
... hour our country was born . We have inherited all the 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 ...
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... hours they could render some service still to the stricken , the fallen , and yet not comfortless . Leaving my young friend for a few moments , I walked through the north aisle ; and it seemed to me - so perfect was the régime of the ...
... hours they could render some service still to the stricken , the fallen , and yet not comfortless . Leaving my young friend for a few moments , I walked through the north aisle ; and it seemed to me - so perfect was the régime of the ...
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... hour . " So , while he went through some other wards , I watched the patient . The last glimmer of life , which had given some light as this scene was being enacted , faded into what seemed to me the calmest repose of death . But then ...
... hour . " So , while he went through some other wards , I watched the patient . The last glimmer of life , which had given some light as this scene was being enacted , faded into what seemed to me the calmest repose of death . But then ...
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... hours , give him this powder on his tongue , and a sip of the liquid . If he does not , wake him gently . " * * * * * * In the morning he And so that anxious night wore away . woke bright and clear ; and from that hour he began to get ...
... hours , give him this powder on his tongue , and a sip of the liquid . If he does not , wake him gently . " * * * * * * In the morning he And so that anxious night wore away . woke bright and clear ; and from that hour he began to get ...
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... hours of weariness and pain ; to write letters for him to his friends ; to win the way to his brave heart , and inspire his soul with sublime aspirations for the better life to come ; to administer to his parting spirit the infallible ...
... hours of weariness and pain ; to write letters for him to his friends ; to win the way to his brave heart , and inspire his soul with sublime aspirations for the better life to come ; to administer to his parting spirit the infallible ...
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