 We celebrate the day of its birth; and from its birth until now it has witnessed a great history, has floated on high the symbol of great events, of a great plan of life worked out by a great people. We are about to carry it into battle, to lift it where...  The National Geographic Magazine - Page 3011918Full view - About this book
 | Édouard Jean Réquin - History - 1919 - 254 pages
...carry the flag into battle, to lift It where it will draw the ttre of our enemies. We are about to Did thousands, hundreds of thousands, It may be millions,...forth and die beneath it on fields of blood far away." (President Wilson's speech on June Uth, 1317.) 1. The Reorganization of the Army and the Spirit which... | |
 | John Huston Finley - Democracy - 1919 - 374 pages
...floated on high the symbol of great events, of a great plan of life worked out by a great people. We are about to carry it into battle, to lift it where it will draw 15 the fire of our enemies. We are about to bid thousands, hundreds of thousands, it may be millions,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - 1919 - 752 pages
...battle; we lifted it where it drew the fire of our enemies. We bade thousands, hundreds of thousands, yes millions, of our men, the young, the strong, the capable men of the Nation, go forth and die beneath it on fields of blood far away — for what? For the liberty of the world... | |
 | Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1920 - 296 pages
...floated on high the symbol of great events, of a great plan of life worked out by a great people. We are about to carry it into battle, to lift it where...forth and die beneath it on fields of blood far away — for what? For some unaccustomed thing? For something for which it has never sought the fire before?... | |
 | Philippines - 1917 - 1357 pages
...floated on high the symbol of great events, of a great plan of life worked out by a great people. We are about to carry it into battle, to lift it where...and die beneath it on fields of blood far away— for what? For some unaccustomed thing? For something for which it has never sought before? American... | |
 | Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1922 - 360 pages
...floated on high the symbol of great events, of a great plan of life worked out by a great people. We are about to carry it into battle, to lift it where...go forth and die beneath it on fields of blood far away—for what? For some unaccus- . tomed thing? For something for which it has never sought the fire... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1927 - 700 pages
...floated on high the symbol of great events, of a great plan of life worked out by a great people. We are about to carry it into battle, to lift it where...forth and die beneath it on fields of blood far away, — for what? For some unaccustomed thing? For something for which it has never sought the fire before?... | |
 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1928 - 506 pages
...floated on high the symbol of great events, of a great plan of life worked out by a great people. We are about to carry it into battle, to lift it where...forth and die beneath it on fields of blood far away, — for what? For some unaccustomed thing? For something for which it has never sought the fire before?... | |
 | Protectionism - 1918 - 812 pages
...the liberty of the world and for the freedom and industrial independence of the United States. Those millions of our men, "the young, the strong, the capable men of the nation," stand on the battleline and face the foe with the spirit of conquerors. We, too, here at home, must... | |
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