The Most Confident Critics Are

...i Never Heard Him Abuse An Enemy. Some Of The Cruel Things Said About President Lincoln, Particularly In The North, Used To Pierce Him To The Heart; But Never In My Presence Did He Evince A Revengeful Disposition.

We're Teachers, And We Have A Commitment." "commitment To What-to Live And Die In This Hellhole, When We Can Leave And Live Like Other People?

The Distant Rear Of An Army Engaged In Battle Is Not The Best Place From Which To Judge Correctly What Is Going On In Front.

Let Us Labor For The Security Of Free Thought, Free Speech, Pure Morals, Unfettered Religious Sentiments, And Equal Rights And Privileges For All Men, Irrespective Of Nationality, Color, Or Religion;.... Leave The Matter Of Religious Teaching To The Family Altar, The Church, And The Private School, Supported Entirely By Private Contribution. Keep Church And State Forever Separate.

I Read The Story And Reread The Story, But I Still Could Not Find The Universality That The Little Irishman Had Spoken Of. All I Saw In The Story Was Some Irishmen Meeting In A Room And Talking Politics. What Had That To Do With America, Especially With My People? It Was Not Until Years Later That I Saw What He Meant ... I Began To Listen, To Listen Closely To How They Talked About Their Heroes, To How They Talked About The Dead And How Great The Dead Had Once Been. I Heard It Everywhere.