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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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s last gleaming has someof them stopped,But the valiant survivors press forwardserenely To the ramparts we watched, when some others are dropped,And the loss of the leaders is manifest keenly.Then the rockets red glare gives the bravest a scare, And theres few left to face the bombs bursting in air;Tis a thin line of heroes that manage to saveThe last of the verse and the hofne of the brave. That there is, unfortunately, as muchtruth as poetry in this for the averageAmerican is further substantiated by astory I recently heard from a returnedsoldier of the 28th Division, as follows: An Irishman on guard was approachedby an officer in American uniform, who,when challenged, could not give thenecessary pass-word, but said, Im anofficer of the United States Army. Thesentinel replied Repeat the words of theStar-Spangled Banner, The officerfloundered about badly for a time untilthe Irishman cut short his suffering with,Pass, sor, youre a good Americanoflacer. THRIFT IS POWER SAVE AND SUCCEED
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Brightening His Corner By Patrick Lucey Agent, St. George Transfer Station The following is the fourth in the series Representative Employes of the Railroad,and will be followed by other similar sketches until each division has had its repre-sentative appear. The selection of one man to represent a division does not mean thathe is the only employe worthy of the distinction—rather that he is representative of thegood character and fine record attained by other of his coworkers. If doing the ordinary things of life well and thoroughly is a virtue, and ifthe practice of virtue is characteristic of nobility of spirit, then there areamong our railroad workers, many who remind us of those most famous linesfrom the most famous of elegies: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Yet we know of nothing more worth while in life than the friendship andrespect of those with whom we work day by day. And though many wouldcall the subject of this sketc

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