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"The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations."
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"The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past."
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"Drop the past. The past is no more, and the future is not yet."
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"Don't be unnecessarily burdened by the past. Go on closing chapters that you have read."
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"Today wouldn't have happened if histories weren't falsified."
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"The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback."
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"Reliving your painful past will poison your heart and your tomorrow."
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"Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it."
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"The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going to tell me she is a dead lump?"
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"I'm really obsessed with the past."
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"One of my resolutions is to quit smoking. I've tried for the past two years, but this year I am going to stick with it."
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"Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs."
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"I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me."
History

"There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end."
Nature

"Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field. Officers and men became controlled by the one thought of getting as far as possible from the enemy."
Man

"Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike the Federal right on the flank and rear and throw it into utter confusion, which spread rapidly along the whole front. Now came the disastrous end."
History

"General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career."
War

"No one felt it more than the President. I saw him repeatedly, and he fairly groaned at the inexplicable delay in the advent of help from the loyal States."
Politics

"I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot, Abraham Lincoln received a larger vote than Seward."
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"He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him."
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"The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations."
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