“In great deeds, something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate the ground for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us… — 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 high, we may cherish such thoughts and ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be whenever and wherever the hour stricks that calls… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share
The inspiration of a noble cause involving human interests wide and far, enables men to do things they did not dream themselves capable of before, and which they were not capable of alone. The consciousness of belonging, vitally, to something beyond individuality; of being part of a personality that reaches we know not where, in space and time, greatens the… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share
