On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers, the men who upheld the wisdom of Lincoln, and bore sword or rifle in the armies of Grant!
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From his speech on the strenuous life, this passage expresses gratitude for the courage and resolve of the generation that fought in the American Civil War.
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