Jamestown Tributes and ToastsJ.P. Bell Company, printers, 1907 - 196 pages |
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... noble commonwealth and our glorious union . There was the joint cradle of State and Nation . From that small beginning grew Virginia , whose superb career added new majesty and glory to Statehood . There also arose the mighty Western ...
... noble commonwealth and our glorious union . There was the joint cradle of State and Nation . From that small beginning grew Virginia , whose superb career added new majesty and glory to Statehood . There also arose the mighty Western ...
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... Noble Aspirations and High Deeds . And deeper than all deep foundations lies The People's Will . On this and this alone All government whate'er must rest at last . This radiant beacon my Virginia set , When Queenly , high enthroned amid ...
... Noble Aspirations and High Deeds . And deeper than all deep foundations lies The People's Will . On this and this alone All government whate'er must rest at last . This radiant beacon my Virginia set , When Queenly , high enthroned amid ...
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... noble and historic achievements , a present pulsating with the throb and thrill of new life , this proud State is a - tip - top - toe with expectancy of hopeful tri- umphs in the future , while her destiny is committed to the hands of ...
... noble and historic achievements , a present pulsating with the throb and thrill of new life , this proud State is a - tip - top - toe with expectancy of hopeful tri- umphs in the future , while her destiny is committed to the hands of ...
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... with the first did rate- This is her reputation ; Her motto is a noble one , Regarded by each worthy son : " Wisdom , Justice , Moderation . " FRANCIS HODGSON ORME . IN those exploits which made Paul Jones famous , French 68.
... with the first did rate- This is her reputation ; Her motto is a noble one , Regarded by each worthy son : " Wisdom , Justice , Moderation . " FRANCIS HODGSON ORME . IN those exploits which made Paul Jones famous , French 68.
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... noble women making homes in spite of uncertainty , suffering , and death . They rocked the cradle of the nation ; they helped to build a glorious country . Their courage , their gentleness and their tenderness grow with the years . To ...
... noble women making homes in spite of uncertainty , suffering , and death . They rocked the cradle of the nation ; they helped to build a glorious country . Their courage , their gentleness and their tenderness grow with the years . To ...
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Page 50 - Massachusetts. She needs none. There she is: behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history : the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston and Concord and Lexington and Bunker Hill, and there they will remain forever.
Page 159 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 159 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 50 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.
Page 146 - PBEACH to you, then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavor.
Page 148 - We are resolute in our purpose not to fall into such a pit. This great Republic of ours shall never become the government of a plutocracy, and it shall never become the government of a mob. God willing, it shall remain what our fathers who founded it meant it to be • — a government in which each man stands on his worth as a man, where each is given the largest personal liberty consistent with securing the well-being of the whole, and where, so far as in us lies, we strive continually to secure...
Page 180 - has never seen better soldiers than those who followed Lee; and their leader will undoubtedly rank, without exception, the very greatest of all the great Captains that the English speaking peoples have brought forth...
Page 164 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ! JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 19 - Britons, you stay too long ; Quickly aboard bestow you, And with a merry gale, Swell your stretched sail, With vows as strong As the winds that blow you.
Page 126 - Remember, boy, that behind all these men you have to do with, behind officers, and government, and people even, there is the Country Herself, your Country, and that you belong to Her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by Her, boy, as you would stand by your mother, if those devils there had got hold of her to-day...