In the other a still more remarkable defence was made by thirty-one men under Major James Powell against an even larger force, which charged again and again, and did not accept their repulse as final until they had lost three hundred of their foremost braves.
This passage illustrates the remarkable defense made by Major James Powell and his men against a larger force.
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One of the chief principles for which I have stood, and for which I now stand, and which I have always endeavored and always shall endeavor to reduce to action, is the genuine rule of the people.
I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
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