Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-12-20
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WITH THIS HISTORY you may sit beside the
madman. NeFos on his awful throne; touch his
mantle and hear him speak Walk with Caesar
and gain inspiration from this genius of the
Romans. Enter the ancient Coliseum and be-
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whose bravery and sacrifice oflife among hordes
OF red jawed jungle beasts. paved the way for the
Christian religion in Rome Ride beside Alex
ander the Great, whose steelhoosed charger
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career. Stand beside the mighty Nelson at
Trafalgar, and hear his hoarse commands as the
English feet sweeps the power Of France from
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Look once more at the CORY battle field of
Waterloo; see English and French in mortal
combat; see the mighty Napoleon sitting like
adamant the old guard around him. scanning
the field and realizing his iron reign was over:
then talk with nim at ST. Helena where stand
ing alone, he gazes over the trackleSa ocean,
watching the mists gather and dissipate as had
his power and greatness Travel back for sixty
centuries when man. was but being OF the
forest. as unlike the man OF today as we are un-
like the lowest in the grade of humanity Attend
ahe BacehanaIian banquet OF the ancient kings OF
Assyria and Persia; watch their mighty armies
clash. Go to ancient Babylon. walk its streets
and see and hear as you would in the days OF
Balthazer
Stroll among the pyramids of Egypt and pry
into the wonderful secrets which these majestic
relics OF antiquity possess in their enormous
bosoms: sail down the Nile and visit the ancient
oities the great white paiaced cities which
HeuTished thousand years before the darn OF
the Christian era yes before the rise and fall OF
the eastern empires: see Greece in her regal
4 power overcome by the hordes OF Rome. watch
Spain as she rises to dominating power. only to
fall ana crumble and decay; then go through the
wars OF the English and cross the ocean to our
own shores
Watch the starving line Of patriots battling
against the wealth and bullets OF the mother
Country grasp she hand of Washington at Valley
Forge walk through the snow with him and
hear his cheering words to his Shivering, ragged
+ army: sis with him on his wide veranda and
talk with him at Mt. Vernon; follow the thrilling
rise Of our republic and pass through the
dark days when brother was arrayed against
brother. Know the mighty railsplitter, Lincoln,
as he was. Stand beside Grant at Vicksburg, or
Meade at Gettysburg; hear the awful cannon
aiding. aud see the dashing lines cut TO pieces.
See the valor and the courage Of the gray,
through the very eyes of the iudomitable Lee,
view all these thrilling events as If the world
were passing once more before your own eyes.
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