Jamestown Tributes and ToastsJ.P. Bell Company, printers, 1907 - 196 pages |
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... centuries , a witness to the con- tinuity of the Church and the faith and devotion of the Nation Builders . Bruton , in 1699 , became the successor to the church at James- town as COURT CHURCH OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA . Here , in pew ...
... centuries , a witness to the con- tinuity of the Church and the faith and devotion of the Nation Builders . Bruton , in 1699 , became the successor to the church at James- town as COURT CHURCH OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA . Here , in pew ...
Page 105
... centuries you have floated down to us , and today you know no flag save that which waves over the common brother- hood of man . Sir Walter Raleigh sought to prove that your smoke has avoirdupois , but no mortal can weigh the part you ...
... centuries you have floated down to us , and today you know no flag save that which waves over the common brother- hood of man . Sir Walter Raleigh sought to prove that your smoke has avoirdupois , but no mortal can weigh the part you ...
Page 129
... withheld and lost by the reputation of weakness . Readiness for war is quite as effective an instrument to secure peace to - day as it was more than a century ago . THE ALMA MATER OF THE MEN WHO OFFICER OUR SHIPS 129.
... withheld and lost by the reputation of weakness . Readiness for war is quite as effective an instrument to secure peace to - day as it was more than a century ago . THE ALMA MATER OF THE MEN WHO OFFICER OUR SHIPS 129.
Page 130
... centuries shall turn back to that page for inspiration and look there for lessons of wisdom and virtue , and the future poet draw thence a noble theme for his aspiring muse , the names of the gradu- uates of the Naval Academy shall not ...
... centuries shall turn back to that page for inspiration and look there for lessons of wisdom and virtue , and the future poet draw thence a noble theme for his aspiring muse , the names of the gradu- uates of the Naval Academy shall not ...
Page 140
... centuries to turn into an abiding condition . To cherish this ideal , this aspiration , to face these diffi- culties , to hasten this consummation - these y sosodand ǝe to enlist the noblest efforts of the best of the human race . I ...
... centuries to turn into an abiding condition . To cherish this ideal , this aspiration , to face these diffi- culties , to hasten this consummation - these y sosodand ǝe to enlist the noblest efforts of the best of the human race . I ...
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achievements aspiration battle birthplace brave Bruton CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH Carolina celebration chivalry CHURCH Colonial Dames CONFEDERATE continent courage Dames of America daughter dear deeds DONALD MCLEAN drink duty East Radford fair fame fathers Ferginny Eatin flag forever freedom future gentle glorious glory Governor hearts Here's to North HERNDON heroes heroic honor hope ideals Jamestown Exposition Jamestown Island JULIA WYATT BULLARD King land LILY TYLER lives love it best loyal Lynchburg Mary Ingles memory Mighty West mother nation never noble NORA L. C. SCOTT Old Dominion Original Thirteen past patriotism peace pioneers POCAHONTAS poet President Princess proud Republic Richmond SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS soldiers song sons soul South stand statesmen strife Surinom thee Theodore Roosevelt THOMAS NELSON PAGE Thou to-day toast true TYLER Union United United Confederate Veterans valor Virginia W. A. R. GOODWIN Walisch Washington wealth White House women
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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...