Famous quotes containing the words american, mixed and/or martial:
“I will put in my poems, that with you is heroism, upon land and seaAnd
I will report all heroism from an American point of view.”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)
“The land of shadows wilt thou trace
And look nor know each others face
The present mixed with reasons gone
And past and present all as one
Say maiden can thy life be led
To join the living with the dead
Then trace thy footsteps on with me
Were wed to one eternity”
—John Clare (17931864)
“To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.”
—George Orwell (19031950)
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