Proceedings, Volume 49U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - United States Vol. 83 contains final report of the finances from 1949 to the closing of the organization in 1956. |
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... body of the Grand Army of the Republic he is one of the peers of the Nation . I congratulate you , but I salute the unknown comrade in the name of that great author of humanity , Abraham Lincoln . [ Applause . ] This picture is offered ...
... body of the Grand Army of the Republic he is one of the peers of the Nation . I congratulate you , but I salute the unknown comrade in the name of that great author of humanity , Abraham Lincoln . [ Applause . ] This picture is offered ...
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... body of men who had seen more of war than any other body of men on the face of the globe . [ Ap- plause . ] We are now witnessing the most appalling and most unjustifiable , the most unwarranted and uncalled for war in the world's ...
... body of men who had seen more of war than any other body of men on the face of the globe . [ Ap- plause . ] We are now witnessing the most appalling and most unjustifiable , the most unwarranted and uncalled for war in the world's ...
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... a resolution that henceforth in the future when the Grand Army of the military organization . You may not have seen it - Republic parades as a body that you will maintain , as far as possible , 58 FORTY - NINTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT.
... a resolution that henceforth in the future when the Grand Army of the military organization . You may not have seen it - Republic parades as a body that you will maintain , as far as possible , 58 FORTY - NINTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT.
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... body of heroes , of soldiers . You can pass any reviewing stand in an hour and a half at least , and you would be discarding all the objectionable features of the parade : that ought to be maintained as long as you keep up your ...
... body of heroes , of soldiers . You can pass any reviewing stand in an hour and a half at least , and you would be discarding all the objectionable features of the parade : that ought to be maintained as long as you keep up your ...
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... body of men to their deliberations upon this anniversary year of great memories . Fifty years have elapsed since two great oppos- ing forces laid down their arms after four years of war and returned to the peaceful pursuits of everyday ...
... body of men to their deliberations upon this anniversary year of great memories . Fifty years have elapsed since two great oppos- ing forces laid down their arms after four years of war and returned to the peaceful pursuits of everyday ...
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Page 98 - There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.
Page 153 - Let me but do my work from day to day, In field or forest, at the desk or loom, In roaring market-place or tranquil room; Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray : "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way.
Page 99 - Any voter who shall, except as herein otherwise provided, allow his ballot to be seen by any person with an apparent intention of letting it be...
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Page 99 - All money received by any person, a resident of the state as a pension from the United States government, whether the same shall be in the actual possession of such pensioner, or deposited, loaned or invested by him...
Page 153 - I do not care where the work is, the man or woman who does work worth doing is the man or woman who lives, breathes, and sleeps that work; with whom it is ever present in his or her soul; whose ambition is to do it well and feel rewarded by the thought of having done it well.
Page 1876 - Republic for the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, not to exceed $1,700 in cost, with illustrations, one thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the House and five hundred for the use of the Senate.
Page 162 - ... States were founded, not to provide free homes, but to assert human rights. This flag meant a great enterprise of the human spirit. Nobody, no large bodies of men, in the time that flag was first set up believed with a very firm belief in the efficacy of democracy. Do you realize that only so long ago as the time of the American Revolution democracy was regarded as an experiment in the world and we were regarded as rash experimenters? But we not only believed in it ; we showed that our belief...
Page 153 - Judicial decisions have two uses : first, to absolutely determine the case decided ; and secondly, to indicate to the public how other similar cases will be decided when they arise. For the latter use, they are called "precedents
Page 43 - All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother — blessings on her memory!