You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness while they live.

Never change horses in midstream.

But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.

I always remember the prayers of my mother as they always forever.

I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop

If the union of these States, and the liberties of this people, shall be lost, it is but little to any one man of fifty-two yearsof age, but a great deal to the thirty millions of people who inhabit these United States, and to their posterity in all coming time.

The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom, and our own error therein. Meanwhile we must work earnestly in the best lights He gives us, trusting that so working still conduces to the great ends He ordains. Surely He intends some great good to follow this mighty convulsion, which no mortal could make, and no mortal could stay.