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They carved the bones of your unburied heroes into ornaments and drank from goblets made out of their skulls.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “They carved the bones of your unburied heroes into ornaments and drank from goblets made out of their skulls.”
Editor's note · Context
Blaine uses a vivid metaphor to describe the brutality faced by U.S. soldiers and heroes at the hands of their enemies.
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