He weren't no saint—but at jedgment I'd run my chance with Jim. 'Longside of some pious gentlemen That wouldn't shook hands with him. He seen his dut… - John Hay

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He weren't no saint—but at jedgment I'd run my chance with Jim.
'Longside of some pious gentlemen That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing— And went for it thar and then;
And Christ ain't a-going to be too hard On a man that died for men.

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About John Hay

John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln. He served as United States Secretary of State from 1898 to 1905 under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

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