Every student must be a gentleman.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.

Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.

There are things in the Old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible Word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers