Quote#Nature
"An empire to be lost or won!"
Quote byHezekiah Butterworth · 1839–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Whitman's Ride for Oregon", st. 1. Songs of History (1887) p. 37.
English (original)
"An empire to be lost or won!" And who four thousand miles will ride And climb to heaven the Great Divide, And find the way to Washington, Through mountain cañons, winter snows, O'er streams where free the north wind blows, Who, who will ride from Walla-Walla, Four thousand miles, for Oregon?
— Hezekiah Butterworth
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