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From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come,
Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;
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From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come,
Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;
True patriots all; for be it understood
We left our country for our country's good.
No private views disgraced our generous zeal,
What urged our travels was our country's weal.
Our country, however bounded.
Our country, however bounded.
Liberty, equality, fraternity.
[Fr., Liberte, egalite, fraternite.]
Liberty, equality, fraternity.
[Fr., Liberte, egalite, fraternite.]
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred
toward any one.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred
toward any one.
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a read more
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.
He held it safer to be of the religion of the King or Queen that
were in being, for read more
He held it safer to be of the religion of the King or Queen that
were in being, for he knew that he came raw into the world, and
accounted it no point of wisdom to be broiled out of it.
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she
always be in the right; but our country, right read more
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she
always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink,
live or die, survive or perish read more
The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink,
live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable
determination.
We, that would be known
The father of our people, in our study,
And vigilance for their read more
We, that would be known
The father of our people, in our study,
And vigilance for their safety, must not change
Their ploughshares into swords, and force them from
The secure shade of their own vines, to be
Scorched with the flames of war.
