There Are Good Points About All... Wars.

We People In Camp Are Merely Big Children, Wayward And Changeable.

My Father And Mother In 1817 Were Forty-nine Days On The Road With Their Emigrant Wagons [from Vermont] To Ohio. More Than Two Days For Each Hour That I Spent In The Same Journey.

If Any Of My Men Kill Prisoners, I'll Kill Them.

Last Evening Attended Croghan Lodge International Order Of Odd Fellows. Election Of Officers. Chosen Noble Grand. These Social Organizations Have A Number Of Good Results. All Who Attend Are Educated In Self-government. This In A Marked Way. They Bind Society Together. The Well-to-do And The Poor Should Be Brought Together As Much As Possible. The Separation Into Classes--castes--is Our Danger. It Is The Danger Of All Civilizations.

A Few Ideas Seem To Be Agreed Upon. Help None But Those Who Help Themselves. Educate Only At Schools Which Provide In Some Form For Industrial Education. These Two Points Should Be Insisted Upon. Let The Normal Instruction Be That Men Must Earn Their Own Living, And That By The Labor Of Their Hands As Far As May Be. This Is The Gospel Of Salvation For The Colored Man. Let The Labor Not Be Servile, But In Manly Occupations Like That Of The Carpenter, The Farmer, And The Blacksmith.