The Biggest Mistake Of My Life Was

Act With A Determination Not To Be Turned Aside By Thoughts Of The Past And Fears Of The Future.

While We See The Course Of The Final Abolition Of Human Slavery Is Onward, & We Give It The Aid Of Our Prayers & All Justifiable Means In Our Power, We Must Leave The Progress As Well As The Result In His Hands Who Sees The End; Who Chooses To Work By Slow Influences; & With Whom Two Thousand Years Are But As A Single Day.

It Is Well That War Is So Terrible. We Should Grow Too Fond Of It.

What A Beautiful World God, In His Loving Kindness To His Creatures, Has Given Us! What A Shame That Men Endowed With Reason And Knowledge Of Right Should Mar His Gifts.

Many Opportunities Have Been Lost And Hundreds Of Valuable Lives Uselessly Sacrificed For Want Of A Strict Observance Of Discipline. Its Object Is To Enable An Army To Bring Promptly Into Action The Largest Possible Number Of Its Men, In Good Order And Under The Control Of Their Officers. Its Effects Are Visible In All Military History, Which Records The Triumphs Of Discipline And Courage Far More Frequently Than Those Of Numbers And Resources.