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... morial Day Annual , 1904 , page 10. The above poem would form a suitable close to an oral or written account of this famous eagle . General Lucius Fairchild By H. W. Rood , Patriotic Instructor MEMORIAL DAY SELECTIONS 7.
... morial Day Annual , 1904 , page 10. The above poem would form a suitable close to an oral or written account of this famous eagle . General Lucius Fairchild By H. W. Rood , Patriotic Instructor MEMORIAL DAY SELECTIONS 7.
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... Lucius Fairchild , who also became governor of our state . I like to write about such men - there are so many good things to say about them . I'd rather any time tell goods things than bad . Lucius Fairchild was born in Kent , Portage ...
... Lucius Fairchild , who also became governor of our state . I like to write about such men - there are so many good things to say about them . I'd rather any time tell goods things than bad . Lucius Fairchild was born in Kent , Portage ...
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... Lucius Fairchild than a full college course to some young men . Though when he came back to Madison he brought little more money than that with which he started , he was rich in experience . I must tell you how young Fairchild first got ...
... Lucius Fairchild than a full college course to some young men . Though when he came back to Madison he brought little more money than that with which he started , he was rich in experience . I must tell you how young Fairchild first got ...
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... Lucius Fairchild to be their captain , and off they went to the war , as Company K of the First Wisconsin Infantry . He made so good an officer that President Lincoln on the 5th day of August , 1861 , appointed him captain in the ...
... Lucius Fairchild to be their captain , and off they went to the war , as Company K of the First Wisconsin Infantry . He made so good an officer that President Lincoln on the 5th day of August , 1861 , appointed him captain in the ...
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Page 8 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 62 - Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American.
Page 40 - 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 27 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Page 43 - Her deck once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; — The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea!
Page 58 - Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government, nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 96 - If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard — All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to guard — For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord! Amen.
Page 61 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 48 - OH, say, can you see By the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed At the twilight's last gleaming ? Those stripes and bright stars, Through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched Were so gallantly streaming.
Page 76 - Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies. Harmony and a liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.