Men See Things Late, And

Early Youth Is A Baffling Time

Abraham Lincoln Was Not All Brooding And Melancholy And Patient Understanding. There Was A Hard Core In Him, And Plenty Of Toughness. He Could Recognize A Revolutionary Situation When He Saw One, And He Could Act Fast And Ruthlessly To Meet It.

Sooner Or Later You Must Move Down An Unknown Road That Leads Beyond The Range Of The Imagination, And The Only Certainty Is That The Trip Has To Be Made

Nathan Bedford Forrest ... Used His Horsemen As A Modern General Would Use Motorized Infantry. He Liked Horses Because He Liked Fast Movement, And His Mounted Men Could Get From Here To There Much Faster Than Any Infantry Could; But When They Reached The Field They Usually Tied Their Horses To Trees And Fought On Foot, And They Were As Good As The Very Best Infantry. Not For Nothing Did Forrest Say The Essence Of Strategy Was To Git Thar Fust With The Most Men.

Our American Heritage Is Greater Than Any One Of Us. It Can Express Itself In Very Homely Truths; In The End It Can Lift Up Our Eyes Beyond The Glow In The Sunset Skies.