It is a poor reconciliation which is obtained only by agreeing never to speak of the past. (xii)
A generation that was distinguished by its wars is followed by one that is devoted to the arts of peace; and sons may be proud of the deeds of their fathers, and yet not think it a part of loyalty to keep alive their hatreds. (xiii)
- Henry M. Field, introduction to The Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson)
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