We Failed, But In The Good Providence

Go Home All You Boys Who Fought With Me And Help Build Up The Shattered Fortunes Of Our Old State

The Trite Saying That 'honesty Is The Best Policy' Has Met With The Just Criticism That Honesty Is Not Policy. The Seems To Be True. The Real Honest Man Is Honest From Conviction Of What Is Right, Not From Policy.

It's The Loneliest Feeling In The World-to Find Yourself Standing Up When Everybody Else Is Sitting Down. To Have Everybody Look At You And Say, 'what's The Matter With Him?' I Know. I Know What It Feels Like. Walking Down An Empty Street, Listening To The Sound Of Your Own Footsteps. Shutters Closed, Blinds Drawn, Doors Locked Against You. And You Aren't Sure Whether You're Walking Toward Something, Or If You're Just Walking Away.

While We See The Course Of The Final Abolition Of Human Slavery Is Onward, & We Give It The Aid Of Our Prayers & All Justifiable Means In Our Power, We Must Leave The Progress As Well As The Result In His Hands Who Sees The End; Who Chooses To Work By Slow Influences; & With Whom Two Thousand Years Are But As A Single Day.

There Is Always Hazard In Military Activity, But We Must Decide Between The Positive Loss Of Inactivity And The Risk Of Action.