My Policy Is Trust Peace And To

Unjust Attacks On Public Men Do Them More Good Than Unmerited Praise.

No Capitalists After Any War Were Ever So Well Paid For Money Loaned To The Nation That Carried It On. No Class Of Money-makers Ever Gained Such Prosperity By Any Other War, As Our War For The Union Brought To The Money-getters Of America. All This Was Due In Great Measure To The Rank And File Of The Union Army. Now Let No Rich Man Haggle With A Needy Veteran Of That War About His Right To A Pension!

My Only Objection To The Arrangements There Is The Two-in-a-bed System. It Is Bad. But Let Your Words And Conduct Be Perfectly Pure - Such As Your Mother Might Know Without Bringing A Blush To Your Cheek. If Not Already Mentioned, Do Not Tell Your Mother Of The Doubling In Bed.

You Know I Am Given To Antiquarian And Genealogical Pursuits. An Old Family Letter Is A Delight To My Eyes. I Can Prowl In Old Trunks Of Letters By The Day With Undiminished Zest.

For Character, To Prepare For The Inevitable I Recommend Selections From [ralph Waldo] Emerson. His Writings Have Done For Me Far More Than All Other Reading.