I read books I do because I have thirst for words such as these. In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field to ponder and dream; And lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their souls. -- Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Speaking at the dedication of the Monument to the 20th Maine October 3, 1889, Gettysburg, PA. The 20th Maine, Commanded by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, held the far left Union flank against a sustained confederate attack at Little Round Top. At the time, the regiment, once numbering a thousand souls at the beginning of the war, had been reduced to 250. He ordered a bayonet charge. https://youtube/watch?v=ZL-5uyp44WA
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