MOTHER OF HEROES
England! 1 see her not dispirited, not weak, but well remembering that she has seen dark days before ; indeed, with a kind of instinct that she sees a little better on a cloudy day, and that in storms and trouble and calamity she has a secret vigour and a pulse like cannon. 1 see her in her old age, not decrepit, but young, and still daring to believe in her power of endurance and expansion. Seeing this, I say, All Hail! j\tother of Nations, Mother of Heroes, And strength still equal to the time. —Emerson (1856).
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Evening Star, Issue 23657, 17 August 1940, Page 3
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99MOTHER OF HEROES Evening Star, Issue 23657, 17 August 1940, Page 3
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