"Patriotism! It is used to define so many……" — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
"Patriotism! It is used to define so many diversities, to justify so many wrongs, to compass so many ends, that its life is killed out; it becomes a dead word in the vocabulary-a blank counter, to be moved to any part of the game; and that flag which, streaming from the mast-head of our ship of state, striped with martyr-blood, and glistening with the stars of lofty promise, should always indicate our worldwide mission, and the glorious destinies that we carry forward, is bandied about in every selfish skirmish, and held up as the symbol of every political privateer."
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Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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67 Quotes by Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
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No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.
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Home is the seminary of all other institutions.
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