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Knute Nelson

(1843–1923) Politician United States

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Knute Nelson was a politician from the United States.

Quick Facts About Knute Nelson

Born: February 2, 1843
Died: April 28, 1923
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Speech of Hon. Knute Nelson delivered at Argyle, Minnesota, July twenty-eighth, 1894

About Knute Nelson

Knute Nelson was a Norwegian-born American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures and to the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota, and served as the 12th governor of Minnesota from 1893 to 1895. Having served in the Senate for 28 years, 55 days, he is the longest-serving Senator in Minnesota's history.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Knute Nelson

You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget…

Arrogance

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Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie.

Cake

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Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi.

Bluffs

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I would prefer being in a hard battle; however, I will be satisfied with whatever happens to me in this war, if…

Battle

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Providence has given the United States the duty of extending Christian civilization. We come as ministering angels, not despots.

Angel

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The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight…

Body

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I know that money speaks more loudly than need.

Money

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You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong.

Arrogance

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What is best and most necessary usually happens.

Happens

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It is with this as with religion: one usually believes what he has been taught.

Been

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Man is remembered by his deeds.

Deeds

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Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired…

Banks

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We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river.

Along

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That death was near, I suppose I believed, but I saw it only as a rest after the day's work.

After

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It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond…

Atlanta

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But it is neither cannon nor bayonet that will do the worst damage to this city. No, this place will remember the…

Against

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In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

Enjoyable

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