There is no sanctuary of virtue like home.

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I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

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The heart of the People, North and South, is for the Union.

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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

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Not a moment had been lost by General Hooker in the pursuit of Lee.

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Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.

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God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence.

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And now the momentous day, a day to be forever remembered in the annals of the country, arrived. Early in the morning on the 1st of July the conflict began.

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It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner.

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There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy.

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