Patriotism

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Description: Original (sold) 24”x18” Lettering painted with caseins on brown Fabriano Tiziano paper. Text: "Patriotism is not a song in the street, nor a wreath on a column, nor a flag flying from a window. It is a thing very holy and very terrible, like life itself. It is a burden to be borne, a thing to labor for and to suffer for and to die for; a thing which gives no happiness and no pleasantness, but a hard life and an unknown grave, and the respect and bowed heads of those that follow." - John Mansfield (1878-1967)