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Our Country,—whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less,—still our Country, to be cherished in all our hearts, to be defended by all our hands.
Our Country,—whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less,—still our Country, to be cherished in all our hearts, to be defended by all our hands.
Approximate author period: c. 1809 AD · industrial
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- Robert C. Winthrop
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- Approximate author period: c. 1809 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Toast at Faneuil Hall on the Fourth of July, 1845.
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