Sketches of Bunker Hill Battle And Monument : With Illustrative Documents
Sketches of Bunker Hill Battle And Monument : With Illustrative Documents
George Edward Ellis
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His influence and his patriotism were equally well known to friend and foe. There is no more delicate task than to divide among many heroes the honors of a battle- field, and the rewards of devoted service. Yet the high-minded will always appreciate the integ- rity of the motive which seeks to distinguish between the places and the modes of service, where those who alike love their country enjoy the opportunity of securing the laurels of heroism 64 BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. and devotion. The counc...il-chamber and the forum, and the high place in the public assembly, offer to the patriot-statesman the opportunity for winning remembrance and honor to his name ; the battle-field must retain the same high privi- lege for the patriot-soldier, for there alone can he earn the wreath. Let the chivalry and the mag- nanimity of Warren forever fill a brilliant page in our history, but let not a partial homage attach to him the honor to which another has a rightful claim. It was no part of his pure purpose, in mingling with his brethren on that field, to mo- nopolize its honors, and to figure as its hero.
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