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But the founders’ Calvinism, represented in “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” was intrepidly covenantal, crusading against abuses and addictions that Augustus merely massaged and that Trump actively trades on and peddles.

They stream out of tents and crest a hill en masse, singing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and gaze down on the smoky ruins of the city.

On September 3, Steinbeck’s wife Carol came up with the title “The Grapes of Wrath,” an allusion to Revelations 14:19–20 and a verse from “Battle Hymn of the Republic” by Julia Ward Howe.

After his conviction, a popular song based on “The Battle Hymn of The Republic” — “The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley” — sold more than a million records: “My name is William Calley / I’m a soldier of this land / I’ve tried to do my duty and to gain the upper hand / But they’ve made me out a villain / They have stamped me with a brand / As we go marching on …”

He also felt like Warner wasn’t bringing him the material he deserved, as evidenced by his recordings of songs such as “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “America the Beautiful” and the pop standard “That Lucky Old Sun.”