| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6923 |
| AUTHOR: | Oliver Wendell Holmes (18091894) |
| QUOTATION: | Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Old Ironsides. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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