The Shields
- James Shields (1762–1831), Ohio State Representative 1806-1827, U.S. Representative from Ohio 1829-1831. Uncle of James Shields.
- James Shields (1810–1879), Illinois State Representative, Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, U.S. Senator from Illinois 1849-1855, U.S. Senator from Minnesota 1858-1859, U.S. Senator from Missouri 1879. Nephew of James Shields.
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“If one doubts whether Grecian valor and patriotism are not a fiction of the poets, he may go to Athens and see still upon the walls of the temple of Minerva the circular marks made by the shields taken from the enemy in the Persian war, which were suspended there. We have not far to seek for living and unquestionable evidence. The very dust takes shape and confirms some story which we had read.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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