Humanities Time Capsule: Columbian Exposition of 1893, Student Version


The Pledge of Allegiance

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I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands; one nation indivisible, with liberty and Justice for all.

Source: Francis Bellamy, The Youth's Companion, (September 8, 1892).
Picture sourse: Trumbull White and Wm. Ingleheart, The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, (J. H. Moore & Co., 1893) 447.

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Samantha and Her Husband at the California Exhibit

And I sez, "Yes; when I think of that noble school of hisen that he has sot up there in your great State--the finest school in the world for poor boys and poor girls, as well as rich ones--when I think what that great educational power is a-goin' to do for the children of this great country, rich and poor, I think on him almost by the side of Christopher Columbus. For if Christopher discovered a new world, Senator Stanford wuz a takin' the youth of this country into a new realm--a-sailin' em out into a new world, and a grander one than they'd any idee on--a-sailin' 'em out on the great ship of his magnificent Charity;...

Source: Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley), Samantha at the World's Fair, (Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1893) 665, 670.


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