I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.

I never wanted to fight against the Union, but could not turn my back on Virginia.

Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.

I don't think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some other argument is resorted to other than moral persuasion.

Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery!

Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion of its citizens upon another portion; the only conditions of which are perpetual imprisonment, and hopeless servitude or absolute extermination; in utter disregard and violation of those eternal and self-evident truths set forth in our Declaration of Independence.

Symptoms are the body's mother tongue; signs are in a foreign language.