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The Daily Dispatch: April 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
An example. We believe that there is no species of exhortation so encouraging to men placed in a trying situation as that which points to others who have struggled through similar difficulties, and by dint of energy and resolution, come out victorious. For the purpose of cheering our citizens in the present crisis — our soldiers are in need of no such stimulant — we alluded yesterday to the desperate straits to which Rome was reduced by the victories of Hannibal, the magnanimity with which she encountered them, and the powerful force of will and determination, which enabled her to triumph over them. There is a modern example — an example of the present century — more striking even than that of Rome, from which the heart of the patriot must draw courage when he contemplates it. An old and proud nation, which but two centuries age had threatened to impose her yoke upon one half of Europe — which had enjoyed the glory of giving a new world to mankind — whose banner had fl