The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... live longer in history than the torch of the wretch who burned the Ephesian Temple . Again , and on a higher stage , the struggle was to come , to test the vital forces of Civilization and Barbarism , —of Pro- gress and Retrogression ...
... live longer in history than the torch of the wretch who burned the Ephesian Temple . Again , and on a higher stage , the struggle was to come , to test the vital forces of Civilization and Barbarism , —of Pro- gress and Retrogression ...
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... 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 of the Upas , whose ...
... 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 of the Upas , whose ...
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... live in the dreams of all young soldiers the nights before they leave home for their first campaigns . Monuments rise with their sculptured emblems , " to greet the sun in his coming . " The sword or battle - axe they drew , or swung ...
... live in the dreams of all young soldiers the nights before they leave home for their first campaigns . Monuments rise with their sculptured emblems , " to greet the sun in his coming . " The sword or battle - axe they drew , or swung ...
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... live . " He laid the hand down softly , and left this patient , to pass through the ward . It seemed to say that all that earth could do had been done , to save the life of the gallant young soldier . I followed the surgeon a few steps ...
... live . " He laid the hand down softly , and left this patient , to pass through the ward . It seemed to say that all that earth could do had been done , to save the life of the gallant young soldier . I followed the surgeon a few steps ...
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... to Old England , and I have come home to live and die on the estate " -and young Sylvia seized " the general's " hand and wet it with her tears . She saw Washington die ; she saw him when he was dead : and when 3 OF THE REBELLION . 25.
... to Old England , and I have come home to live and die on the estate " -and young Sylvia seized " the general's " hand and wet it with her tears . She saw Washington die ; she saw him when he was dead : and when 3 OF THE REBELLION . 25.
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