Lincoln And the Boys in Blue : Extension of Remarks of Hon. William E. Andrews of Nebraska in the House of Representatives, February 16, 1920
The book Lincoln And the Boys in Blue : Extension of Remarks of Hon. William E. Andrews of Nebraska in the House of Representatives, February 16, 1920 was written by author Andrews, William Ezekiel, 1854-1942 Here you can read free online of Lincoln And the Boys in Blue : Extension of Remarks of Hon. William E. Andrews of Nebraska in the House of Representatives, February 16, 1920 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Lincoln And the Boys in Blue : Extension of Remarks of Hon. William E. Andrews of Nebraska in the House of Representatives, February 16, 1920 a good or bad book?
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I quote and paraphrase the following : " ' Be it in the defense or be it in the assertion of a people's rights, I hail the sword as a sacred weapon ; and if it has some- times taken too deep a dye, yet, like the anointed rod of the High Priest, it has at other times, and as often, blossomed into celestial fiowers to deck the freeman's brow. Abhor the sword? Stigmatize the sword? No! For in the passes of Tyrol it cut to pieces the banner of the Bavarian, and through those craggy defiles struck a... path to fame for the peasant insurrec- tionist of Innsbruck. Abhor the sword? Stigmatize the sword? No ! For it swept the Dutch marauders out of the fine old towns of Belgium, scourged them back to their own phlegmatic swamps, and knocked their flags and sceptre, their laws and bayonets into the sluggish waters of the Scheldt. Abhor the sword? Stigmatize the sword? No! For at its blow a giant 166699—20519 Nation started from the waters of the Atlantic, and by the re- deeming magic of the sword, and in the quivering of its crim- son light, the crippled Colonies sprang into the attitude of a proud Republic, prosperous, limitless, invincible.' "Abhor the sword?
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