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"It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner."
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"Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up."
"Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose."
"Greatness is achieved when you fulfil your purpose by doing what you were born to do."
"Do something very praiseworthy in your youth or in your middle age so that you can spend all your time talking about it in your old age!"
"Success is not about impressing and pleasing everyone, but setting your own goals, and achieving them in your own time."
"I am successful because I did not waste time bothering about what others were doing but focussed on what I was doing."
"Mastery does not exist."
"A journey is an achievement, Maria, just as much as a mathematical proof."
"Stand tall on the summit after a tedious climb. Take in the remarkable scenery and the exhilaration of accomplishment. But don't pause for long, there are greater mountains to climb while you still possess the drive and capacity to do so."
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"In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862, it was determined by the Rebel government last summer to resume the offensive in that direction."
"God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence."
"There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy."
"Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive."
"That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter."
"In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original elements, - into hostile atoms, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion."
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