The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... records of human defeats , sufferings , and triumphs , show little more than the heroism of the true and the good in resisting the false and the bad . 7 It seems to be the will of Heaven that nations What Kind of a War this is.
... records of human defeats , sufferings , and triumphs , show little more than the heroism of the true and the good in resisting the false and the bad . 7 It seems to be the will of Heaven that nations What Kind of a War this is.
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... suffering . Almost noiselessly , the doors of this ward opened every few moments , for the gentle tread of the night nurses , who came , in their sleepless vigils , to see if in these hours they could render some service still to the ...
... suffering . Almost noiselessly , the doors of this ward opened every few moments , for the gentle tread of the night nurses , who came , in their sleepless vigils , to see if in these hours they could render some service still to the ...
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... 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 him he had made me his confidant in regard to these matters . He seemed to be ...
... 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 him he had made me his confidant in regard to these matters . He seemed to be ...
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... sufferings would end most probably in death . ' The spirit of the Prince of Peace was there . " And there was another case . He was a young man , a lately - married man , one whose home had not yet been blessed with children , who had ...
... sufferings would end most probably in death . ' The spirit of the Prince of Peace was there . " And there was another case . He was a young man , a lately - married man , one whose home had not yet been blessed with children , who had ...
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... suffering , all sorrow- ful , but all famishing " for the bread of life " ! Such are the spots for prayer . " Oh , when the heart is full , when bitter thoughts Come crowding thickly up for utterance , And the poor common words of ...
... suffering , all sorrow- ful , but all famishing " for the bread of life " ! Such are the spots for prayer . " Oh , when the heart is full , when bitter thoughts Come crowding thickly up for utterance , And the poor common words of ...
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