A Military Life Had No Charms For

If Men Make War In Slavish Observance Of Rules, They Will Fail. No Rules Will Apply To Conditions Of War As Different As Those Which Exist In Europe And America...war Is Progressive, Because All The Instruments And Elements Of War Are Progressive.

The Art Of War Is Simple Enough. Find Out Where Your Enemy Is. Get At Him As Soon As You Can. Strike Him As Hard As You Can, And Keep Moving On.

The Distant Rear Of An Army Engaged In Battle Is Not The Best Place From Which To Judge Correctly What Is Going On In Front.

Encourage Free Schools And Resolve That Not One Dollar Appropriated For Their Support Shall Be Appropriated To The Support Of Any Sectarian Schools. Resolve That Neither The State Nor Nation, Nor Both Combined, Shall Support Institutions Of Learning Other Than Those Sufficient To Afford Every Child Growing Up In The Land Of Opportunity Of A Good Common School Education, Unmixed With Sectarian, Pagan, Or Atheistical Dogmas. Leave The Matter Of Religion To The Family Altar, The Church And The Private School Supported Entirely By Private Contributions. Keep The Church And State Forever Separate.

As Soon As Slavery Fired Upon The Flag It Was Felt, We All Felt, Even Those Who Did Not Object To Slaves, That Slavery Must Be Destroyed. We Felt That It Was A Stain To The Union That Men Should Be Bought And Sold Like Cattle.