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Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
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You are uneasy; you never sailed with me before, I see.
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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
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Oh, do not cry. Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven ... I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven.
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It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.
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Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
Attributed Excellent Quotations for Home and School Selected for the use of Teachers and Pupils (1890)
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
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Our Federal Union! It must be preserved!
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