History does not usually make real sense until long afterward.
The Confederate Constitution was almost identical to that of the United States.
Yet there is a dignity in the human spirit which can become most clearly visible in the moment of defeat and disaster.
Even the most painstaking history is a bridge across an eternal mystery.
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
A certain combination of incompetence and indifference can cause almost as much suffering as the most acute malevolence.