William Thompson Russell

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    “Fold up the banners! Smelt the guns!
    Love rules, Her gentler purpose runs.
    A mighty mother turns in tears
    The pages of her battle years,
    Lamenting all her fallen sons!”
    —Will Henry Thompson (1848–1918)

    “Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.”
    —James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)