Memorial Day: Aids for Its Proper Observance by the Schools of Wisconsin

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1924
 

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Stran 9 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Stran 17 - War; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation ; to. combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth ; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
Stran 8 - But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.
Stran 28 - Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.
Stran 18 - Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! 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!
Stran 6 - Bring flowers, then, once again, And strew with fragrant rain Of lilacs, and of roses white and red, The dwellings of our dead ! LYON.
Stran 28 - He serves his country best Who lives pure life, and doeth righteous deed. And walks straight paths — however others stray — And leaves his sons as uttermost bequest A stainless record which all men may read i This is the better way.
Stran 28 - Let us then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime ; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor ; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us a sacred charge upon a Nation's gratitude — the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan.
Stran 20 - Fredericksburg on the llth of December, we had heard heavy cannonading; they were but holiday salutes compared with this. Besides the great ceaseless roar of the guns, which was but the background of the others, a million various minor sounds engaged the ear. The projectiles shriek long and sharp.
Stran 17 - For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America...

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