For all the saints who from their labors rest, Who, to the world their steadfast faith confessed,... your name, O Jesus, be forever blessed Alleluia!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Civil War divided a nation, whereas the American Revolution created and unified it. The Civil War exposed our vilest flaws, wh...ereas the Revolution shaped our character and (we generally assumed) displayed our courage, principles, and highmindedness for all the world to see. What happened in 1776 somehow reflected glory upon us, whereas what happened in 1861, when the polity disintegrated, became an object lesson in the perils of extremism and selfishness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The alcoholic trance is not just a haze, as though the eyes were also unshaven. It is not a mere buzzing in the ears, a dizziness ...or disturbance of balance. One arrives in the garden again, at nursery time, when the gentle animals are fed and in all the world there are only toys.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom al...l the world hath flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and despised. Thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hic jacet!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Your real statesman is first of all, and chief of all, a great human being, with an eye for all the great fields on which men like... himself struggle, with unflagging, pathetic hope, toward better things.... He is a guide, a counselor, a mentor, a servant, a friend of mankind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »