Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Band 7

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With reports of meetings of the societies of the Army of the Cumberland; the Army of the Tennessee; the Army of the Ohio; and the Army of Georgia.
 

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Seite 195 - Thus as he was refined and made nearer unto the image of God, so it pleased the Divine will to resume him unto Himself, whither both his and every other high and noble mind have always aspired.
Seite 37 - BLESSED be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: 2 my goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Seite 194 - Give me leave, therefore, without offence, always to live and die in this mind: that he is not worthy to live at all that, for fear or danger of death, shunneth his country's service and his own honour, seeing that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue immortal, wherefore in this behalf mutare vel timere sperno.
Seite 39 - ... love him; And the scepterless kings of the ranks — the vast, unlaureled brave ! Living or dead. Earth thrills with their luminous fervor of spirit; Living or dead, their blood hath entered into our veins; Their voice — the nebulous stars of the pinnacled firmament hear it; Their work — in the nethermost pits its august influence reigns. For what are our times and spaces ? Leonidas greeted Warren ; Under our scarlet fields great Marathon's secret ran. Nothing is past or future, nothing is...
Seite 115 - DEAR SIR, — I regret that I shall not be able to attend the monthly meeting of the Historical Society to-morrow.
Seite 166 - I am in receipt of your invitation to be present at the twentyfourth annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee.
Seite 81 - Like the acorn, the appropriate emblem of its youth, it grew circle by circle from regiment to brigade, from brigade to division, from division to corps, and...
Seite 38 - When half the people were fighting and half the people were praying, And slowly from crimson quags the granite of Peace grew under us. Ah, those were lofty days: when, straight through our mincing and canting, The Soul of the Nation flashed, and gripped the hilt of its brand, And drained its aloes like wine, and strode forth, kindled and panting, Hewing, in forests of Lies, clear space for the Truth to stand. Ah, those were mighty days! Mighty for stress and for sorrow, And mighty for regnant Manhood...
Seite 72 - Still the distant roar fitfully falls on the ear; now and then the dying blasts harmlessly smite the cheek, and old memories make us almost imagine our footing is heaving under us.
Seite 28 - Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the chair, of which the chairman shall be one, to receive from banks members of the association bills receivable and other securities, to be approved by said committee, who shall be authorized to issue therefor, to such depositing banks, loan...

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