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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 ; Sail on , nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts , our hopes are all with thee ; Our hearts ...
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 ; Sail on , nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts , our hopes are all with thee ; Our hearts ...
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Page 656 - Revolution, for patriotic, historical, and educational purposes; to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence; by the acquisition and protection of historical spots and the erection of monuments; by the encouragement of historical research in relation to the Revolution and the publication of its results; by the preservation of documents and relics, and of the records of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by the promotion...
Page 338 - OUR bugles sang truce ; for the nightcloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered — The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die.
Page 681 - ayes" seem to have it ; the "ayes" have it, and it is declared adopted as read by the Secretary.
Page 577 - WHEN a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's aching breast Runs a thrill of joy prophetic, trembling on from east to west, And the slave, where'er he cowers, feels the soul within him climb To the awful verge of manhood, as the energy sublime Of a century bursts full-blossomed on the thorny stem of Time.
Page 161 - ... deserts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain ranges, impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal snow?
Page 322 - But forasmuche as men's affaires doe little prosper where God's service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their places in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr. Bucke, the minister, that it would please God to guide and sanctifie all our proceedings to his owne glory, and the good of this plantation.
Page 679 - Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.
Page 114 - He liveth long who liveth well ; All else is being flung away. He liveth longest, who can tell Of true things truly done each day.
Page 400 - To perpetuate the memory of the spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence by the acquisition and protection of historical spots and the erection of monuments...
Page 959 - ... Springer and I discussed this very thoroly. These resolutions practically amount to a request that a By-Law be adopted in accordance with the Constitution, which requires this to go over for a year. PRESIDENT YOUNG: I understand the objection to Director Scribner's motion is withdrawn. All in favor will signify it by saying, Aye. Opposed, No.