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  2. Northern courage in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    The medievalist Marjorie Burns writes that "J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth is conspicuously and intricately northern in both ancient and modern ways." [4] She cites a letter to the classics scholar Rhona Beare, where Tolkien wrote that he had not invented the name "Middle-earth", as it had come from "inhabitants of Northwestern Europe, Scandinavia, and England".

  3. Preamble to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "People of the United States" has been understood to mean "nationals and citizens." This approach reasons that, if the political community speaking for itself in the Preamble ("We the People") includes only U.S. nationals and citizens, by negative implication it specifically excludes non-citizens in some way. [48]

  4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree - Wikipedia

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    Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings.

  5. 1862 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save ...

  6. The Free Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Free Library has a separate homepage. It is a free reference website that offers full-text versions of classic literary works by hundreds of authors. It is also a news aggregator, offering articles from a large collection of periodicals containing over four million articles dating back to 1984. Newly published articles are added to the site ...

  7. Freedom - Wikipedia

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    The Declaration of Independence, for example, describes men as having liberty and the nation as being free. Free will—the quality of being free from the control of fate or necessity—may first have been attributed to human will, but Newtonian physics attributes freedom—degrees of freedom, free bodies—to objects." [10]

  8. List of Latin phrases (P) - Wikipedia

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    through the cross we shall conquer: Motto of St John Fisher Catholic High School, Dewsbury: Per Crucem Crescens: through the cross, growth: Motto of Lambda Chi Alpha: per curiam: through the senate: Legal term meaning "by the court", as in a per curiam decision: per definitionem: through the definition: Thus, "by definition" per diem (pd.) by ...

  9. Hail, Columbia - Wikipedia

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    His steady mind, from changes free, Resolved on death or liberty. Chorus Firm, united let us be, Rallying round our liberty, As a band of brothers joined, Peace and safety we shall find. 4. Sound, sound the trump of fame, Let Washington’s great name Ring through the world with loud applause, Ring through the world with loud applause,