Pledge To The Mississippi State Flag
The pledge to the state flag is:
I salute the flag of Mississippi and the sovereign state for which it stands with pride in her history and achievements and with confidence in her future under the guidance of Almighty God. —Read more about this topic: Flag Of Mississippi
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“For, truly speaking, whoever provokes me to a good act or thought has given me a pledge of his fidelity to virtue,—he has come under the bonds to adhere to that cause to which we are jointly attached.”
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““Where is the Mississippi panorama
And the girl who played the piano?
Where are you, Walt?
The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.”
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“—Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
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At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go back.
Turn as I please, my step is to the south.”
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