(...) The Tree Forsakes Not

Never Fear Quarrels, But Seek Hazardous Adventures.

In Every Country Where Independence Has Taken The Place Of Liberty, The First Desire Of A Manly Heart Is To Possess A Weapon Which At Once Renders Him Capable Of Defence Or Attack, And, By Rendering Its Owner Fearsome, Makes Him Feared.

I Am Strong Against Everything, Except Against The Death Of Those I Love. He Who Dies Gains; He Who Sees Others Die Loses.

True, I Have Raped History, But It Has Produced Some Beautiful Offspring.

It Was Like The Eve Of A Battle; The Hearts Beat, The Eyes Laughed, And They Felft That The Life They Were Perhaps Going To Lose, Was After All, A Good Thing.