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"A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall upon the sod; But executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God; And from its force nor doors nor locks Can shield you,--'t is the ballot-box."
John Pierpont / A Word from a Petitioner.

A Word from a Petitioner.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"From every place below the skies The grateful song, the fervent prayer,-- The incense of the heart,--may rise To heaven, and find acceptance there."
John Pierpont / Every Place a Temple.

Every Place a Temple.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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