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Be kind, condescending, and affable. Any one who has anything to say to a fellow-being, to say it with kind feelings and sincere desire to please; and this, whenever it is done, will atone for much awkwardness in the manner of expression.

— Stonewall Jackson Misattributed

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Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.

I like liquor — its taste and its effects — and that is just the reason why I never drink it.

The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon; and when it does come my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard.

The Institute will be heard from today.

Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time.

The Civil War : An Illustrated History (1990)

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