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The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.
The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.
Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its read more
Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood ... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
Which is worse? the wolf who cries before
eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
Which is worse? the wolf who cries before
eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
Blood cannot be washed out with blood.
Blood cannot be washed out with blood.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and read more
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
By the far bridge
many a spent cartridge
Cheney killed 81 birds that day
but in the pear tree
survived read more
By the far bridge
many a spent cartridge
Cheney killed 81 birds that day
but in the pear tree
survived ......
the partridge.
