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“England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland.”

Wells May Water Freedom Steps Land Proud Mountain England Firm Magnificent Scotland Couches Switzerland Dams Fetters Nile

Author:Lydia M. Child

“T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile.”

Liberty Rocks Mountain England Crowns Barren Bleak Isle

Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

“It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered, before the adverse hosts could meet. A wide, and, apparently, an impervious boundary of forests, severed the possessions of the hostile provinces of France and England. The hardy colonist, and the trained European who fought at his side, frequently expended months in struggling against the rapids of the streams, or in effecting the rugged passes of the mountains, in quest of an opportunity to exhibit their courage in a more martial conflict.”

“When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.”

“Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep.”

Needs Home Mountain England Wave March Towers Steep

Book:The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: Including Theodric, and Many Other Pieces Not Contained in Any Former Edition

Source: The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: Including Theodric, and Many Other Pieces Not Contained in Any Former Edition

“When you join this club as a young player you know you've got a mountain to climb to get yourself into the first team. (on Manchester United)”

Knows Firsts Young United Player Team Mountain England Clubs Climbs Manchester Manchester United

Author:Gary Neville

“Buckminster Fuller was down in Pennsylvania, then he'd come up and go to his island in Maine. He wanted to remain a New Englander. He taught from '48 to '49 and '50 at Black Mountain College. That's where he met Kenneth Snelson. Fuller kind of stayed a Yankee right in the New England area. So it was pretty easy to get him to come on over, and we would have lectures at the Harvard Science Center.”

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Author:Paul Laffoley

“I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.”

Knows Kind Mountain Tradition England Ireland Scotland Advertising Agencies

Book:Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter

Source: Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter

“Jerusalem (1804) And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green And was the holy lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen And did the countenance divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among those dark Satanic mills Bring me my bow of burning gold Bring me my arrows of desire Bring me my spears o'clouds unfold Bring me my chariot of fire I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand 'Til we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land”

“And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen?”

Time Walks Feet Holy Mountain England Green Ancient Pleasant Lambs Pastures Chariots Ancient Times Lamb Of God Chariots Of Fire

Author:William Blake

“To this day, I fondly recall the challenges of building a fire, pitching a tent, climbing a New England mountain, canoeing on a lake. Camp songs still resonate inside me. Competition exists at Keewaydin, of course, but nobody fails summer camp, a nice respite from winters of fortune and misfortune at school.”