Frederick Douglass: “It seems strange now, in view of all the progress which has been made, that such a question could arise.”

But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.

He was called upon not merely to administer the government, but to decide, in the face of terrible odds, the fate of the Republic.

I looked into this kitchen with peculiar interest, and remembered that it was there I last saw my mother.

Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.