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HOWE, JULIA WARD

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HOWE, JULIA WARD
<b>308. JULIA WARD HOWE </b>(1819 - 1910) American writer and reformer whose stirring "Battle Hymn of the Republic" rallied Union sentiment. Superlative content A.Q.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., [n.p.], June 1903, the first four lines of her renowned poem "Battle Hymn of the Republic", in full: "<i>Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord/He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored/He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword/His truth is marching on</i>". Signed at conclusion "<i>Julia Ward Howe June 1903</i>". Mounted to another sheet, very good condition.<b> $700-900</b>