Memorable Quotes from Stanley Ridges
2 quotesExploring the Unknown in Sergeant York
Major Buxton
York, What do you suppose ] was looking for when he went out into the ]?
[[Daniel Boone|Boone; [wilderness]
Alvin
Well, I never thought much on it.
Major Buxton
Was he looking for new lands?
Alvin
Might be.
Major Buxton
Maybe, maybe for something more, something that a man just can't see with his ], or hold in his ]. Something that some men don't even ] they have until they've ] it.
[[eyes; [hands; [know; [lost]
Alvin
Yes, sir?
Major Buxton
To be free. Now that's quite a word, "]" — I think that's what he wanted. I think that's what sent Boone into your Tennessee country.
[[Freedom]
Alvin
That… that what this here book's about?
Major Buxton
Yep. That's the story of a whole people's struggle for freedom, from the very ] until ] — for we're still struggling. It's quite a ] York, how they all got together and set up a ], whereby all men were pledged to defend the ] of each man, and each man to defend the the rights of ] men. We call that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
[[beginning; [now; [story; [government; [rights; [all]
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A Soldier's Reluctance to Accept Rank
Alvin
I don't want to be no corporal.
Captain Danforth
Why not?
Major Buxton
Wait a minute, captain, let him talk.
Alvin
Well, you see…
Major Buxton
Is it because of your religious convictions, York?
Alvin
Yes, sir, that's it. You see, I believe in ], and I'm a ] that this here ] we're living is something ] done ] us, and we got to be a-living it as best we can — and I'm figuring that ] other folks is no part of what he was intending us to be a-doing here.
[[the Bible; [Belief|believin'; [life; [God|the Lord; [give; [killing]
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