Let Independence be our boast,
Ever mindful what it cost;
Ever grateful for the prize,
Let its altar reach the skies!
--JOSEPH HOPKINSON.
Strike--for your altars and your fires;
Strike--for the green graves of your sires;
God, and your native land!
--FITZ-GREENE HALLECK.
One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One nation evermore!
--HOLMES.
If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the
spot.--JOHN A. DIX.
The noblest motive is the public good.--VIRGIL.
The union of lakes, the union of lands,
The union of States none can sever,
The union of hearts, the union of hands,
And the flag of our Union forever!
--GEORGE P. MORRIS.
I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American.
--DANIEL WEBSTER.
Our country--whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or
however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurement more or
less--still our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, to be
defended by all our hands.--ROBERT C. WINTHROP.
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee,
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears,
Are all with thee,--are all with thee!
--LONGFELLOW.
I am not accustomed to the language of eulogy; I have never studied
the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all
that has been said by orators and poets, since the creation of the
world, in praise of woman, was applied to the women of America, it
would not do them justice for their conduct during this war.
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