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[[Draft of a speech; alternative text is interlined without carets for placement; my best interpretations. RMR]] | [[Draft of a speech; alternative text is interlined without carets for placement; my best interpretations. RMR]] | ||
I [[am sometimes afraid/wonder whether]] we will spoil those dear [[boys/brave soldier boys]] who have perilled their lives for [[us with the honors showered/our weal, by showering such honors]] upon them when they return to their homes, but I fear those left lingering on beds of suffering at the hospitals I [[have far more fear /am more afraid]] lest they should be wounded by a feeling of neglect and a [[unclear]] that [[half a line lost in fold -- can this be rescanned?]] needless those who have so blessed through their pain will entirely forget them. O do not think this. On this glad 4th when our hearts thrill with such emotions of gratitude even as we extend to these returned veterans our grateful welcome our thoughts instantly revert to all those absent ones to whom our thanks alike are due and who have not yet ceased their service in our and their country's good | I [[am sometimes afraid/wonder whether]] we will spoil those dear [[boys/brave soldier boys]] who have perilled their lives for [[us with the honors showered/our weal, by showering such honors]] upon them when they return to their homes, but I fear those left lingering on beds of suffering at the hospitals I [[have far more fear /am more afraid]] lest they should be wounded by a feeling of neglect and a [[unclear]] that [[half a line lost in fold -- can this be rescanned?]] needless those who have so blessed through their pain will entirely forget them. O do not think this. On this glad 4th when our hearts thrill with such emotions of gratitude even as we extend to these returned veterans our grateful welcome our thoughts instantly revert to all those absent ones to whom our thanks alike are due and who [[have not yet ceased their service in our/ are still suffering in their country's service]] and their country's good. We hope that some kind friend is near to comfort them, that some of the the little things we here send through the [[unclear]] man today he [[cherishes?]] [[paper folded over]] | ||
We hope that some kind friend is near to comfort them, that some of the the little things we here send through the [[unclear]] man today he [[cherishes?]] [[paper folded over]] | |||
Revision as of 14:18, 16 July 2020
I am sometimes afraid/wonder whether we will spoil those dear boys/brave soldier boys who have perilled their lives for us with the honors showered/our weal, by showering such honors upon them when they return to their homes, but I fear those left lingering on beds of suffering at the hospitals I have far more fear /am more afraid lest they should be wounded by a feeling of neglect and a unclear that half a line lost in fold -- can this be rescanned? needless those who have so blessed through their pain will entirely forget them. O do not think this. On this glad 4th when our hearts thrill with such emotions of gratitude even as we extend to these returned veterans our grateful welcome our thoughts instantly revert to all those absent ones to whom our thanks alike are due and who have not yet ceased their service in our/ are still suffering in their country's service and their country's good. We hope that some kind friend is near to comfort them, that some of the the little things we here send through the unclear man today he cherishes? paper folded over