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The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things...…
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North was only a direction indicated by a compass--if a man had one, that is, for otherwise there was no north or…
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Generally the first week in September brings the hottest weather of the year, and this was no exception. Overhead the fans turned…
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Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.
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I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making…
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People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of…
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I've never known, at least a modern historical instance, where the truth wasn't superior to distortion in every way.
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People want to know why the South is so interested in the Civil War. I had maybe, it's a rough guess, about…
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And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find…
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But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality,…
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I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite…
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Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about…
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She is my first, great love. She was a wonderful, rare woman - you do not know; as strong, and steadfast, and…
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Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.
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The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.
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The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
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The first great commandment was to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, might, mind and strength; and the second…
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The first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day is to have my soul happy in the…
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I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was,…
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Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
— Andrew Marvell
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I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.
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