It is only by the earnest and abiding resolution of the people that, whatever shall be our fate, it shall be grand as the American nation, worthy of that Republic which first trod the path of empire and made no peace but under the banners of victory, that the American people will survive in history.
Creswell expresses the belief that the American people's determination will ensure their legacy as a grand nation.
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