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<v Speaker 1>Section twenty five of Birds in All Nature, Volume seven, No. Two,

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<v Speaker 1>February nineteen hundred, recorded for Librevox by Larry Wilson. Washington's

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<v Speaker 1>Monument by George P. Morris. A monument to Washington, a

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<v Speaker 1>tablet graven with his name, Green be the mound. It

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<v Speaker 1>stands upon an everlasting as his fame. His glory fills

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<v Speaker 1>the land, the plain, the moor, the mountain, and the

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<v Speaker 1>mart more firm than column, urn or fame. His monument

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<v Speaker 1>the human heart, the Christian patriot, hero, Sage, the chief

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<v Speaker 1>from heaven in mercy scent. His deeds are written on

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<v Speaker 1>the age. His country is his monument, the sword of Gideon,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Lord was mighty in his mighty hand, the

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<v Speaker 1>God who guided, he adored, and with his blessing freed

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<v Speaker 1>to the land, the first in war, the first in peace,

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<v Speaker 1>the first in hearts. That freemen own unparalleled till time

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<v Speaker 1>shall cease. He lives, immortal and alone. Yet let the

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<v Speaker 1>rock hewn tower rise high to the pathway of the

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<v Speaker 1>sun and speak to the approving skies. Our gratitude to Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>End of section twenty five. This recording is in the

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<v Speaker 1>public domain. End of Birds in All Nature volume seven two,

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<v Speaker 1>February nineteen hundred