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“But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word; And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.”
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- Source:
- Marco Bozzaris.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 6050befc9441671652b5fa0491b31a859f5bce25bb6c382859c8a73f4049af94
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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