Tradition usually rests upon something which men did know; history is often the manufacture of the mere liar.

Pray excuse me. I cannot take it.

Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation.

We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor.

Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable.

At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.

Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the great and good who now cluster around the banner of the country, there exists no purer spirit, no more heroic soul, than that of the illustrious man whose death I join you in lamenting.