Wicomico High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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lgrefarr The original inhabitants of America were the Indians. But in spite of their courage and dauntlessness, which are the wonder of present, day Americans, they were a primitive people. Their principal limitations were superstition and distrust of those of their own race. They were contin- ually at war among themselves and their downfall as a people was due to nothing so much as lack of co-operation. This principle of co-operation has been the cause of the rise and fall of many nations and the American people can be justly proud of their nation which has risen from the depths of a small sparsely settled country to one of the most respected of the whole world. It was the co-operation of a few thousand men thathsaved this country from the tyranny of Great Britain who sought to exterminate the spirit of independence in these people. Later when Lincoln became president he stood for the principles of a United Country or none at all. ' History is a valuable subject to us if we are able to apply the lessons that it teaches to our experience. In a small way we have demonstrated this in the publication of this book, which is the united effort of the entire class. 6

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