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Ode to Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927)

Florence Earle Coates
(1850-1927)
poet, patriot

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"...some one has to speak in
favor of the right
when so speaking is unpopular.
The more unpopular,
the greater the necessity..." 


Matthew 6 
 
"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.  You will know them by their fruits..." 
Matthew 7:15-23
 
"See to it that no one misleads you..."
Matthew 24... 
 
"About that day or hour no one knows..."
Matthew 24:36-50
Mark 13:32-37
 
"The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance."
2 Peter 3:9 
 
"I desire mercy [compassion, loyalty] not sacrifice..."
Hosea 6:6
Matthew 9:13
 
"Greater love has no man..."
John 15:12-17
 
"For God so loved the world..."
John 3:16
 
"Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness..." 
Genesis 15:6
Galatians 3:6 

PEACE-KEEPERS
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"with much adulation to the sovereign people..."  from a letter written by Daniel Webster to James Hervey Bingham, ca. May, 1802.

The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster. 1st ed. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1857: 111-112.

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"Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time..."  from Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address on March 4th, 1861.

Raymond, Henry J. Lincoln, His Life and Times: Being the Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln. Vol I. Hurst & Co. 1891. New York:169.

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