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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:5395
AUTHOR:Francis Scott Key (1779–1843)
QUOTATION:Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! 1
Then conquer we must when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, “In God is our trust!”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
ATTRIBUTION:The Star-Spangled Banner.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
It made and preserves us a nation. George P. Morris: The Flag of our Union. [back]
 

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