I Was Too Weak To Defend, So

My Chief Concern Is To Try To Be An Humble, Earnest Christian.

Let Danger Never Turn You Aside From The Pursuit Of Honor Or The Service To Your Country ... Know That Death Is Inevitable And The Fame Of Virtue Is Immortal

There Is Scarcely Anything That Is Right That We Cannot Hope To Accomplish By Labor And Perseverance. But The First Must Be Earnest And The Second Unremitting.

What A Cruel Thing War Is... To Fill Our Hearts With Hatred Instead Of Love For Our Neighbors.

The Questions Which For Years Were In Dispute Between The State And General Government, And Which Unhappily Were Not Decided By The Dictates Of Reason, But Referred To The Decision Of War, Having Been Decided Against Us, It Is The Part Of Wisdom To Acquiesce In The Result, And Of Candor To Recognize The Fact.