Children and Religion by Rev Minot J Savage
The essay argues for religious education starting in the home and heart, teaching a child to sense and obey God in daily life. It stresses atmosphere over book learning, the home as the trainer, and church attendance as pivotal for lasting devotion. It condemns unequal messages between words and life, urging lifelong commitment to divine life.
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God
Voices from Campo Santo and the perils of wealth
A meditation on Genoa Campo Santo statuary links between earthly riches and spiritual truth. The speaker warns that the love of money corrupts societies and endangers the poor, urging vigilance against commercialism’s idolatries.
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Genoa
Campo Santo
Republic
A Brother's Sacrifice in War Time
In a November tale, Neil Weidman offers to take Mark's draft place. Mark cannot spare him, Kit pleads, and Neil, moved by love, volunteers to go. Neil faces danger, endures temptation, and dies a hero while Mark and Kit honor his memory.
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Mark
Mrs. Weidman
Kittie
Kit
Neil
Neil Weidman
Sam
Moselys
Weidmans
Dick Mosely
Mollie
Mark Weidman
Marick
Joe
Ixit
Grant
Sheridan
Five Forks
Nell
Nellie
Kxit
Family the Social Unit by Rev Frank Crane
The essay argues that the family is the divine model for right human relations and that all stable institutions arise from a family spirit. It criticizes wealth inequality, class divisions, and political systems as eroding family bonds and urges a move toward altruistic cooperation guided by Christian family ideals.
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Frank Crane
Cover Them Over With Flowers
A solemn, patriotic poem honoring fallen soldiers. The verses urge laying garlands and laurels on the dead, covering fathers brothers husbands with flowers as prayers rise for the patriot dead. It laments friendship lost and praises national sacrifice and remembrance.
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Earth
Fredericksburg Era Death Toll Across Major Civil War Battles
The article details the Fredericksburg Virginia battlefield area and major Civil War clashes including Fredericksburg Chancellorsville the Wilderness Spottsylvania Laurel Hill and the Bloody Angle. It lists total casualties over 500000 troops engaged with 129838 killed or wounded and names several Union and Confederate generals killed.
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Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
the Wilderness
Spottsylvania Court Cause
Laurel Hill
Todd’s Tavern
Fred Phisterer
Wilderness
Spottsylvania Court House
Bloody Angle
Ny River
Union
Genus
John Sedgwick
Hiram G. Berry
Amiel W. Whipple
James S. Wadsworth
Alexander Hays
George D. Bayard
Conrad FF. Jackson
Edmund Kirby
James O. Rice
Thomas G. Stevenson
Thomas J. Jackson
Thomas Rh. R. Cobb
Junius Siniel
Abener Perrin
Maxey Gregg
B. I. Paxton
J. M. Jones
Leroy A. Stafford
Micah Jenkins
Grandmother’s Restful Lap on a Summer Afternoon
Roy Rolferison’s piece in Harper’s Magazine evokes a boy’s memories of a grandmother’s affectionate, ticklish sessions on warm days. The scene centers on knitting, playful pinches, a wandering mind, and the tranquil porch garden framed by sunlit honeysuckles.
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Roy Rolferison
Harper’s Magazine
Not Sufficient Evidence Mentioned in Quotation
A fragmentary quote features a feisty exchange about culinary knowledge and national background. It highlights a character claiming uncertainty about expertise linked to being French, with a playful reference to a chef persona. The line evokes characterization rather than a full event.
Icebound Exchange Between Boston Maid and Rebuffed Suitor
A brief flirtatious exchange unfolds as a young man laments his failure to win the heart of a Boston maid who retorts that his words cut no ice with her. The dialogue captures a sharp social clash and mutual misjudgment.
Ghosts of the swamp spark a Union victory tale at Vicksburg
Veterans recount how Bates and Lyman operated a swamp line under General Grant during the Vicksburg siege. Terrifying bayou cries haunted the train as scouts and marksmen killed the unseen menace, laying the infamous spook to rest and contributing to the war’s end.
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Grant
Vicksburg
Minnesota
Bates
Lyman
Mississippi
Stan
Oficer
Wartime Confessions and Contraband Tales From Civil War
Fragmentary reminiscences recount harsh desertions and theft during the war. The narrator recalls raids, moral struggles, and supposed discipline, with scenes of looting, medical aid, and a nurse helping an injured foe under floodwaters and rain across the Mississippi River.
Calmed by Courage in Corinth Iron Will Under Fire
A wounded Twelfth Iowa infantryman steadies himself during a brutal moment at Corinth. Despite severe leg injury and fading strength he drags a comrade to cover and keeps fighting, urging his squadmate to stay focused and keep firing as relief arrives.
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Gen. Henderson
Iowa
Paul
Corinth
Erie Mint
Pinset
Doubter and Advocates Cited in Reynolds Oration
The report notes Joshua Reynolds as the subject of debate with critics demanding evidence of good faith for all reports. The discussion reflects 18th century rhetorical standards and public accountability in commentary.
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Linge Long
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