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“Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.” quote by Robert E. Lee — Download Open image

“Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.”

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Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn…

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Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!

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You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do…

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...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be broken up…

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My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

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All military history records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than numbers and resources.

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A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

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I will attack no matter what and win the war!

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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.

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We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to…

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Life processes take place in an aqueous medium. All organisms are composed mostly of water, whether they dwell in the oceans, lakes, and rivers,…

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We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot…

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“Thinking about the weather was one way of shutting out of his mind the appalling bloody human mess sprawled out over the bed of this seedy hotel room in central London. The sight and smell was sickening - even to a hardened detective like him. Felling the bile rising in his throat again, he hurried out into the dimly lit…

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It cost about 75 cents to kill a man in Ceasar's time. The price rose to about $3,000 per man during the Napoleonic wars;…

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Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!

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“ “In the South, football is confused with religion, chivalry, the Civil War, and women.” -Diane Roberts, The Quotable South ”

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Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality.

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I am out of money,we are all out of money,but we dont need money down here- Dont need anything but Men , Muskets, Ammunition, Hard Tack, Bacon and Letters from home.

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