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Page 65 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 65 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
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Page 37 - Blackshear has always seemed like an oasis in the memory of those perilous times. Here we were far removed from all apparent danger and the guards were more humane.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Glimpse of Andersonville and Other Writings |
| Author | Francis J. Hosmer |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Loring & Axtell, 1896 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Aug 8, 2006 |
| Length | 90 pages |
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