Heidi’s Reviews > The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement > Status Update
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Chp 2: You already know that the US was wrenched in two because of slavery, and only barely knitted back together if anyone tries to tell you that the Civil War was a war for states’ rights, calmly look them in the eye and ask, politely, & inquisitively what exactly the states wanted the right to do. Make their own rules about what? The answer is, of course, that they wanted the right to keep enslaved people
— Jun 01, 2026 04:00PM
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Chp 11: Humans aren’t so much afraid of failure as they are of people watching them fail. The shame doesn’t come from not scaling the summit it is from the people who judge you from having not succeeded.
— Jun 03, 2026 09:20AM
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Chp 2: Pres. Franklin Pierce made history by becoming the first president to recite his inaugural address (3,319 words) by memory. With a desire to put the simmering slavery debate to rest, he opened with, "It is a relief to feel that no heart but my own can know the personal regret and bitter sorrow over which I have been borne to a position so suitable for others rather than desirable for myself."
— Jun 02, 2026 08:21AM