 I have now attained," said he, " what I have been looking for all my life — a flag — and having attained it, all that is necessary to complete the scene is a victory. If I die in the attempt, it will only be what every officer has to expect. He who...  Sea Fighters from Drake to Farragut - Page 359by Jessie Peabody Frothingham - 1902 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1892 - 880 pages
...still for a whole day with uncovered head " to do him reverence." He illustrated best his own saying, " He who dies in doing his duty to his country and at peace with his God has played out the drama of life to the best advantage." Edward Kirk Rawson. AMERICAN SEA SONGS.... | |
 | Loyall Farragut - Admirals - 1879 - 632 pages
...life — a flag — and, having attained it, all that is necessary to complete the scene is a victory. If I die in the attempt, it will only be what every...in doing his duty to his country, and at peace with his God, has played out the drama of life to the best advantage." Farragut received his last instructions... | |
 | Joseph Hodges Choate - Admirals - 1881 - 30 pages
...life — a flag — and having attained it, all that is necessary to complete the scene is a victory. If I die in the attempt, it will only be what every officer has to expeet. He who dies in doing his duty to his country, and at peace with his God, has played out the... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - Biography - 1885 - 442 pages
...believing in his ability to win success, at sixty-one years of age he started on his mission, saying, " If I die in the attempt, it will only be what every...in doing his duty to his country, and at peace with his God, has played the drama of life to the best advantage." He took with him six sloops-of-war, sixteen... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1895 - 460 pages
...life — a flag — and having attained it, all that is necessary to complete the scene is a victory. If I die in the attempt, it will only be what every office1 has to expect. He who dies in doing his duty to his country, and at peace with his God, has... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1900 - 424 pages
...life — a flag — and having attained it, all that is necessary to complete the scene is a victory. If I die in the attempt, it will only be what every...in doing his duty to his country, and at peace with his God, has played out the drama of life to the best advantage. ' ' His special duty was to capture... | |
 | Monuments - 1900 - 74 pages
...it all that is necessary to complete the scene is a victory. If I die in the attempt it will be only what every officer has to expect. He who dies in doing his duty to his country and at peace with his God has played out the drama of life to the best advantage." Fifty-one years after his first fight,... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - Readers - 1904 - 246 pages
...death had no terror for the brave sailor. Before setting out on his hazardous enterprise, he said : " If I die in the attempt, it will only be what every...in doing his duty to his country, and at peace with his God, has played the drama of life to the best advantage." The hero did not die. He fought and won... | |
 | Joseph Hodges Choate - Law - 1911 - 396 pages
...life — a flag — and having attained it, all that is necessary to complete the scene is a victory. If I die in the attempt, it will only be what every...in doing his duty to his country, and at peace with his God, has played out the drama of life to the best advantage." He put his trust in God, and in his... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller - United States - 1911 - 336 pages
...life — a flag — and, having attained it, all that is necessary to complete the scene is a victory. If I die in the attempt it will only be what every...in doing his duty to his country, and at peace with his God, has played out the drama of life to the best advantage." Eighteen thousand troops had been... | |
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