A hero does for others. He would do anything for people he loves, because he knows it would make their lives better. I am not that kind of person, but I want you to be. You could give something to her, to me, to those children in the quarter. You could give something I never could ... The white people out there are saying you don't have it-that you're a hog, not a man. But I know they are wrong.

Ah, you know my weaknesses--my children and my horses.

The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery.

The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered.

Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.

There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.