Jamestown tributes and toasts . nd all those men you have to dowith, behind officers and government and people, even, thereis the country herself, your country, and that You Belong to Her as you belong to your o\\ti mother. Stand by her, boy, as you -would stand by your mother ifthose devils there liad got hold of her today! Once given by Dr. Hale to the Graduating Class at WestPoint for their motto. 126 THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE FLAG The most favored land in the world can afford to be bothjust and generous, but, being just and generous both, it mustwith each generation answer to the good conscie
Jamestown tributes and toasts . nd all those men you have to dowith, behind officers and government and people, even, thereis the country herself, your country, and that You Belong to Her as you belong to your o\\ti mother. Stand by her, boy, as you -would stand by your mother ifthose devils there liad got hold of her today! Once given by Dr. Hale to the Graduating Class at WestPoint for their motto. 126 THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE FLAG The most favored land in the world can afford to be bothjust and generous, but, being just and generous both, it mustwith each generation answer to the good conscience for itsconduct in the hour of opportunity. It is not enough for the islands of the sea that the flag shallfloat in their harbors for a few days and then withdraw. Thespelling book and the new testament must be dropped Beside each water course,On every hilltop,Through every defile, and the schoolhouse, the church and the Blessings of AmericanLiberty must be permitted to bring peace to every hamlet And Sunshine to Every 66^— 127
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