He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He outfaced Stanton,… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Mounting a large rock, I was able to see a considerable body of the enemy moving by the flank in rear of their line… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Let me say no danger and no hardship ever makes me wish to get back to that college life again. — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“In great deeds, something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate the ground for… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future. — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
The pageant has passed. That day is over. But we linger, loath to think we shall see them no more together - these men,… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
The inspiration of a noble cause enables men to do things they did not dream themselves capable of before — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars. — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Just after writing those we were called up to defend a new position on the left, where the terrible storming of the bridge over… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
We know not of the future, and cannot plan for it much. But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
The inspiration of a noble cause involving human interests wide and far, enables men to do things they did not dream themselves capable of… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
