The Unpleasant Events You Are Passing From

Without Slavery The Rebellion Could Never Have Existed; Without Slavery It Could Not Continue.

A Tendancy To Melancholy...let It Be Observed, Is A Misfortune, Not A Fault.

It Doesn't Mater If You're A Slow Walker, So Long As You Don't Walk Backwards.

Twenty-two Years Ago Judge [then-senator Stephen] Douglas And I First Became Acquainted. We Were Both Young Then; He A Trifle Younger Than I. Even Then, We Were Both Ambitious; I, Perhaps, Quite As Much So As He. With Me, The Race Of Ambition Has Been A Failure--a Flat Failure; With Him It Has Been One Of Splendid Success.

I Am Not Bound To Win, But I Am Bound To Be True. I Am Not Bound To Succeed, But I Am Bound To Live Up To What Light I Have.