And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonnet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation.

Now, at the end of three years struggle the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man devised, or expected. God alone can claim it.

We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.

I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.

The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for allcommanders.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.