It Is The Desire Of The Good

If A Liberal Policy Towards The Late Rebels Is Adopted, The Ultra Republicans Are Opposed To It; If The Colored People Are Honored, The Extremists Of The Other Wing Cry Out Against It. I Suspect I Am Right In Both Cases.

There Are Two Tendencies In All Our War Talk.... The First Is To Boast, If Not Of Ourselves And Our Deeds, At Least Of Our Army, Our Corps, Our Regiments. The Other Is To Find Fault With, To Criticize, To Censure, To Condemn Others. If There Is A Victory, We Gained It And Must Have The Credit Of It. If There Is A Failure, It Was The Fault Of The Other Fellow,--he Must Be Blamed For It.

One Of The Tests Of The Civilization Of People Is The Treatment Of Its Criminals.

It Is The Debtor That Is Ruined By Hard Times.

I Am Succeeding Very Well So Far With My Legging, But It Is A Very Mean Business For A Man That Has Been Well Brought Up To Engage In. It Is The Only Way To Get A Bill From Cincinnati Through, So It Must Be Done.