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Sometimes We See The Civil War In Movies And Imagine These Neatly Aligned Rows Of Men With Muskets, Walking In Line To Shoot Each Other. In Reality The Things That Fascinated Me Were How Absolutely Ruthless And Violent So Many Engagements Were, How Much Suffering And How Men Were Not Prepared.

However, It Has Long Been Said That "my Enemy's Enemy Is My Friend.

An Accomplished Woman Is One Who Has A Thorough Knowledge Of Music, Singing, Drawing, Dancing And The Modern Languages; She Must Be Well Trained In The Fighting Styles Of The Kyoto Masters And The Modern Tactics And Weaponry Of Europe.

Surely Life Has Taught You That A Thing Can Be Both Beautiful And Vile.

Father May Have Been Wanting In Some Things, But Here He Was Masterful. Night Upon Night, I Marveled At His Power To Hold Listeners In Rapt Attention. He Could Tell A Story With Such Detail, Such Flourish, That Afterwards A Man Could Swear It Had Been His Own Memory, And Not A Tale At All.