I Do Not Regret Having Braved Public

Great Grief Makes Sacred Those Upon Whom Its Hand Is Laid. Joy May Elevate, Ambition Glorify, But Sorrow Alone Can Consecrate.

The Republic Needed To Be Passed Through Chastening, Purifying Fires Of Adversity And Suffering: So These Came And Did Their Work And The Verdure Of A New National Life Springs Greenly, Luxuriantly, From Their Ashes.

It Is Impossible To Enslave, Mentally Or Socially, A Bible-reading People. The Principles Of The Bible Are The Groundwork Of Human Freedom.

We Are Not One People. We Are Two Peoples. We Are A People For Freedom And A People For Slavery. Between The Two, Conflict Is Inevitable.

I Am Too Sick To Be Out Of Bed, Too Crazy To Sleep, And Am Surrounded By Horrors.