I Destroy My Enemy If I Make

Few Can Be Induced To Labor Exclusively For Posterity - Posterity Has Done Nothing For Us

I Say 'try'; If We Never Try, We Shall Never Succeed.

I Sincerely Wish War Was A Pleasanter And Easier Business Than It Is, But It Does Not Admit Of Holidays.

The Case Of Andrews Is Really A Very Bad One, As Appears By The Record Already Before Me. Yet Before Receiving This I Had Orderedhis Punishment Commuted To Imprisonmentand Had So Telegraphed. I Did This, Not On Any Merit In The Case, But Because I Am Trying To Evade The Butchering Business Lately.

Whether You Look For The Good Or Look For The Bad In A Person, You'll Find It." A. Lincoln