Original Bear Flag

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    “The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage ... he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor, and transform trivialities by some original grace or sympathy or humor or affection.”
    —Elizabeth Drew (1887–1965)

    “It doth amaze me
    A man of such a feeble temper should
    So get the start of the majestic world
    And bear the palm alone.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
    Eagle with crest of red and gold,
    These men were born to drill and die.
    Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
    Make plain to them the excellence of killing
    And a field where a thousand corpses lie.”
    —Stephen Crane (1871–1900)