The Friend In My Adversity I Shall

The Theory Of Government Changes With General Progress.

... Anything Is Better Than Indecision. We Must Decide. If I Am Wrong, We Shall Soon Find Out And Can Do The Other Thing. But Not To Decide Wastes Both Time And Money And May Ruin Everything.

Nations, Like Individuals, Are Punished For Their Transgressions.

The Great Bulk Of The Legal Voters Of The South Were Men Who Owned No Slaves; Their Homes Were Generally In The Hills And Poor Country; Their Facilities For Educating Their Children, Even Up To The Point Of Reading And Writing, Were Very Limited; Their Interest In The Contest Was Very Meagre--what There Was, If They Had Been Capable Of Seeing It, Was With The North; They Too Needed Emancipation.

Although A Soldier By Profession, I Have Never Felt Any Sort Of Fondness For War, And I Have Never Advocated It, Except As A Means Of Peace.