The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... 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 than the torch of the wretch who burned the ...
... 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 than the torch of the wretch who burned the ...
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... Liberty , rising from this fresh continent , proclaiming to the race freedom , order , and happiness for all . No such treasure had before been committed to men . When he spread this festival , he asked all nations to come . Hardly a ...
... Liberty , rising from this fresh continent , proclaiming to the race freedom , order , and happiness for all . No such treasure had before been committed to men . When he spread this festival , he asked all nations to come . Hardly a ...
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... Liberty we had boasted of , and en- throned the Dagon of Human Servitude in its place . We had prostituted to the basest purpose the great gift bestowed on us so lavishly ; and in the merciless greed for gain , when we already had a ...
... Liberty we had boasted of , and en- throned the Dagon of Human Servitude in its place . We had prostituted to the basest purpose the great gift bestowed on us so lavishly ; and in the merciless greed for gain , when we already had a ...
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... Liberty and Slavery live together in the same soil . While the free North was prospering , we had allowed the enslaved to be immolated . While we could flourish under the fragrant branches of Liberty's tree , we were manuring the roots ...
... Liberty and Slavery live together in the same soil . While the free North was prospering , we had allowed the enslaved to be immolated . While we could flourish under the fragrant branches of Liberty's tree , we were manuring the roots ...
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... Liberty , utter the name of Washington with veneration , gratitude , and love . Wherever the all - glowing sun lights up the homes of earth's children , - through all the continents and islands , along all the shores and rivers , on ...
... Liberty , utter the name of Washington with veneration , gratitude , and love . Wherever the all - glowing sun lights up the homes of earth's children , - through all the continents and islands , along all the shores and rivers , on ...
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