It is a time of quiet joy, the sunny morning. When the glittery dew is on the mallow weeds, each leaf holds a jewel which is beautiful if not valuable. This is no time for hurry or for bustle. Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning.

But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer.

The Mexican War was a training ground for generals, so that when the sad self-murders settled on us, the leaders knew the techniques for making it properly horrible.

Guys like us got nothing to look ahead to

We have not known a single great scientist who could not discourse freely and interestingly with a child. Can it be that haters of clarity have nothing to say, have observed nothing, have no clear picture of even their own fields?

Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts.

A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete.