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  • Hail, Columbia!
    Hail, Columbia! happy land!
    Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!
    Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause,
    Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause,...
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War 1 Joyful 1 Great 1 Place 1 Rise 1 United 1 Fearful 1 Independence 1 Shore 1 Dear 1


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Joelwillans: great to see joseph on vocals and mary on keyboard for a change.
Fxmc1957: 1 december 1934. sergei kirov, a close collaborator of joseph stalin, was assassinated at leningrad party headquarters. his death at the age of 48 was used as a pretext for stalin to escalate his purge of political opponents, even though stalin had secretly ordered the killing.
Knowledgepoint: 30 november 1936, the crystal palace was destroyed by fire at sydenham, london. the spectacular blaze was seen miles away. designed by sir joseph paxton, it was originally erected in hyde park for the great exhibition in 1851.
Shannonselin: joseph hopkinson, who wrote the lyrics to "hail columbia," the de facto national anthem of the usa for most of the 19th century, was born in philadelphia on nov. 12, 1770.
Spread998: judge chase was defended by the ablest lawyers in the country, including luther martin, robert goodloe harper (1765-1825), philip barton key (1757-1815), charles lee (1758-1815), and joseph hopkinson (1770-1842).
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In Memoriam A. H. H. OBIIT MDCCCXXXIII: Part 073
 by Alfred Lord Tennyson

So many worlds, so much to do,
So little done, such things to be,
How know I what had need of thee,
For thou wert strong as thou wert true?

The fame is quench'd that I foresaw,
The head hath miss'd an earthly wreath:
I curse not nature, no, nor death;
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