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" A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others. "
Help
Honor
Humbled
" A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none. "
Government
Sword
People
" Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less. "
Wish
Old
Never
" Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret. "
Light
World
Regret
" I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. "
Man
Cannot
Trust
" If a friend asks a favor, you should grant it if it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot: You will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind. "
Wrong
Why
Kind
" If you have any fault to find with anyone, tell him, not others, of what you complain; there is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back. "
Man
Face
You
" I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving. "
Government
Eat
Congress
" I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South its dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings, and I have never seen the day when I did not pray for them. "
Feelings
People
Rights
" I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it. "
Never
Whiskey
Why
" In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength. "
Bible
Never
Give
" In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution is a moral & political evil in any country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages. "
Believe
Slavery
Political
" I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity. "
Our
Right
Suffer
" It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it. "
War
Good
Might
" It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it. "
War
Grow
Terrible
" I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God. "
God
Patriotism
Me
" My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian. "
Humble
Concern
Christian
" Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; the man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice. "
Wrong
Sacrifice
Keep
" Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one. "
Wrong
Friend
Keep
" Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. "
Foundation
Legal
Character
" Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right. "
Mean
You
Take
" The devil's name is dullness. "
Dullness
Name
Devil
" The doctrines & miracles of our Saviour have required nearly two thousand years to convert but a small part of the human race, & even among Christian nations, what gross errors still exist! "
Christian
Human
Miracles
" The education of a man is never completed until he dies. "
He
Man
Until
" The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy. "
Honesty Is
Best
Saying
" The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. "
War
Wisdom
Been
" We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing. "
Failure
God
Providence
" We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation. "
Situation
Us
Long
" We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. "
Wisdom
Call
Expect
" We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor. "
Best
Path
Live
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