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The proud shaft which rises over their battlefield and the bronze form of Joseph Warren in your square are not monuments to expediency or success, they are monuments to righteousness.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “The proud shaft which rises over their battlefield and the bronze form of Joseph Warren in your square are not monuments…”
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This quote emphasizes that monuments should represent righteousness rather than mere success or expediency.
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