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O, brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother;
where pity dwells, the peace of God is there.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

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Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,
But spare your country's flag," she said.

Barbara Frietchie (1863)

The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun.

When faith is lost, when honor dies
The man is dead!

Life is ever lord of Death
And Love can never lose its own.

Perish with him the folly that seeks through evil good.

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Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle.

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