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The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms,
Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms.
We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms,
Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms.
Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
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Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory,
As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break agonized and clear.
Who thought he'd won
The field as certain as a gun.
Who thought he'd won
The field as certain as a gun.
The most dangerous moment comes with victory.
The most dangerous moment comes with victory.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.
Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.
Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations
would not wish to disturb it . read more
Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations
would not wish to disturb it . . . so that the confidence of the
German people shall be put in the equity of their cause and not
in the might of their armies.
