Proceedings of the ... Annual Encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic, Volume 39 |
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Page 269 - But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here, have consecrated it far beyond our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. "It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on.
Page 269 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We are met to dedicate a portion of it as the final resting place of those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 269 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ; that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion ; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ; that the nation shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Page 55 - Stars and Stripes," And we mean to be ever true To this land of ours and the dear old flag, The Red, the White, and the Blue. Then hurrah for the flag ! our country's flag, Its stripes and white stars too ; There is no flag in any land, Like our own " Red, White, and Blue !
Page 55 - I know where the prettiest colors are, And I'm sure if I only knew How to get them here I could make a flag Of glorious
Page 217 - ... lawful for the lord chancellor, lord keeper or lords commissioners in England, and for the lord chancellor in Ireland, to make such orders as he or they shall deem proper for the conversion of any three per cent. bank annuities now standing or which may hereafter stand in the name of the...
Page 80 - Our Father Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name ; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Page 70 - Honor and fame from no condition rise ; Act well your part — there all the honor lies.
Page 245 - ... or ensign, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Page 253 - ... first session of the All-India Trade Union Congress. It is a unique occasion, the first of its kind even in the history of this ancient country of ours. In her long history extending over thousands of years, India has surely seen many a great...