Here was the greatest and most moving chapter in American history, a blending of meanness and greatness, an ending and a beginning. It came out of what men were, but it did not go as men had planned.
Bruce CattonYet there is a dignity in the human spirit which can become most clearly visible in the moment of defeat and disaster.
Bruce CattonSay this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America.
Bruce CattonA singular fact about modern war is that it takes charge. Once begun it has to be carried to its conclusion, and carrying it there sets in motion events that may be beyond men's control. Doing what has to be done to win, men perform acts that alter the very soil in which society's roots are nourished.
Bruce Catton