Quote#World
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free
Quote byJulia Ward Howe · 1819–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 9, no. 52 (February 1862) p. 145. Howe stated that the title was devised by the Atlantic editor James T. Fields.
English (original)
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free
— Julia Ward Howe
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