Mercy more than life
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- Oh beautiful for heroes proved
- In liberating strife.
- Who more than self
- Their country loved,
- And Mercy more than life!
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- America,
- America,
- May God thy gold refine!
- Till all success be nobleness,
- And every gain divine!
- Ray Charles sings America the Beautiful, 2001 World Series
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“In the wake of 9-11, the mood in the country was dark. Ray’s performance at the World Series that year was a spiritual shot in the arm for America at a time when we really needed it. It was indeed a moment worth remembering.”
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