Edward Everett

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

— Edward Everett

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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. ↗

— Edward Everett

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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. ↗

— Edward Everett

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

— Edward Everett

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In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original elements, - into hostile atoms, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion. ↗

— Edward Everett

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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. ↗

— Edward Everett

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

— Edward Everett

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

— Edward Everett

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That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter. ↗

— Edward Everett

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

— Edward Everett

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