Essentials of Spelling

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American Book Company, 1921 - 196 páginas

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Página 13 - To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
Página 4 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Página 14 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Página 26 - The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart; Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart: Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget!
Página 46 - I believe in the United States of America, as a government of the people, by the people, for the people ; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed ; a democracy in a republic, a sovereign nation of many sovereign states ; a perfect union, one and inseparable ; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots...
Página 29 - Its stars, white on a field of blue, proclaim that union of States constituting our national constellation which receives a new star with every new State. The two together signify union, past and present. The very colors have a language which was officially recognized by our fathers. White is for purity ; red, for valor; blue, for justice; and all together — bunting, stripes, stars, and colors, blazing in the sky — -make the flag of our country, to be cherished by all our hearts, to be upheld...
Página 40 - We will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many; we will revere and obey the...
Página 20 - Five great intellectual professions, relating to daily necessities of life, have hitherto existed - three exist necessarily, in every civilized nation: The Soldier's profession is to defend it. The Pastor's, to teach it. The Physician's, to keep it in health. The Lawyer's, to enforce justice in it. The Merchant's, to provide for it. And the duty of all these men is, on due occasion to die for it. 'On due occasion,' namely: The Soldier, rather than leave his post in battle.
Página 46 - I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people ; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed ; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union, one and inseparable ; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
Página 46 - THE AMERICAN'S CREED I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I, therefore, believe it is my duty to my country to love it;...

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