“Is any thing worth it? This fearful sacrifice—this awful penalty we pay for war? —Mary Boykin Chesnut, journal, July 26, 1864”
― The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
― The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Circe
― Circe
“When men come under the influence of fanaticism, there is no telling where their impulses or passions may drive them.
[Alexander H. Stephens, Letter to Abraham Lincoln, December 30, 1860]”
― The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
[Alexander H. Stephens, Letter to Abraham Lincoln, December 30, 1860]”
― The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
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