2007-10-19 04:38:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It was Julia Ward Howe. I am not sure who Julian Lee Hobbs is, but I think I remember hearing something a couple of years ago about him finding a nose near the Neverland Ranch.
2007-10-19 04:50:19 · answer #1 · answered by Tony M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the Battle Hymn of the Republic, and it was written, according to any references I found, by Julia Ward Howe. It is possible that she took a few words from a sermon she had heard elsewhere, but I don't see any reference anywhere to a Julian Lee Hobbs who lived at that time.
2007-10-19 04:44:17 · answer #2 · answered by neniaf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Julia Ward Howe
2007-10-19 04:42:19 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was indeed Julia Ward Howe who wrote that song (officially titled "Battle Hymn of the Republic"), although she took the tune and some of the ideas from a popular song of the day, "John Brown's Body," which eulogized the abolitionist of that name who was executed after his ill-conceived raid on the military depot at Harper's Ferry shortly before the Civil War.
Examples:
The chorus of the first song went like this: "John Brown's body lies a mold'ring in the grave (repeated two more times) but his soul goes marching on."
The third (or maybe it's the fourth) stanza of "Battle Hymn" begins:
"In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me.
As He dies to make men holy, let us die to make men free..."
It is clear from those lines that "Battle Hymn" was created out of the sentiment that the Civil War was being fought to free slaves, continuing Brown's abolitionist ideals.
2007-10-19 07:02:09 · answer #4 · answered by greyguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Julia Ward Howe who died on my birthday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Hymn_of_the_Republic
2007-10-19 04:42:48 · answer #5 · answered by ♆Şрhĩņxy - Lost In Time. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋