. The uncommon commoner : and similar songs of democracy. or the North for her Lincoln and honor theSouth for her Lee. Oh, once we were bitter of spirit and swore with asectional oath That a friend of the one or the other could never befriendly to both. But behold! a new day has arisen, and our eyes, whichwere purblind, can see. And be glad that the North loves her Lincoln and re-joice that the South honors Lee. Yes, more, for not only as neighbors must Northland and Southland abide,But each must be part of the other and share with the other her our love is as broad as the prairie a
. The uncommon commoner : and similar songs of democracy. or the North for her Lincoln and honor theSouth for her Lee. Oh, once we were bitter of spirit and swore with asectional oath That a friend of the one or the other could never befriendly to both. But behold! a new day has arisen, and our eyes, whichwere purblind, can see. And be glad that the North loves her Lincoln and re-joice that the South honors Lee. Yes, more, for not only as neighbors must Northland and Southland abide,But each must be part of the other and share with the other her our love is as broad as the prairie and our charity deep as the the South shall be worthy of Lincoln and the North shall do honor to Lee. And how may we prove our approval, how warrant the words of our praiseBut by making our deeds as a nation as leaves to the crown of their bays; [12] 1 ID irI n Eii^][=^ 3EE 3[^]E 3BF=^I That our men be a growth that is worthy the soil which has borne us the treeWhose roots spread abroad through the nation and whose fruits were a Lincoln and Lee!. [p=JI= ilElE iIE Let us not forget that a citizen of New York is a citizen of NewMexico. Local likes and dislikes we may have, yet North Dakota^ and South Carolina are essentially one. EACH FOR ALL E3l=n! l!~IQE I LIKE the North. I like its stress,Which makes for strength and like its seasons, marked and hymn the progress of the year;Its child-like spring, which gently wakes,Its summer watched by clear-eyed autumn with its golden winters challenge to the like its winter-weathered oaks,I like its winter-weathered whom I send this greeting forth:I like you, as I like the North. I like the East. I like the stirOf things which are with things which were our first foundations setAnd here our proudest temples like its old, historic sites;I like its ever-new older custom and its airOf comme il faut and savoir like its cities, where the t
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