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"We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation."
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"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

"Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone."

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"Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less."


"I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God."


"Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less."


"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving."


"The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides."


"What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors."


"We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters."
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