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That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
