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“Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined.” MotherCausesPowerfulGenerationsInfluenceWelfareFuture Generation Book:The mother at home: or, The principles of maternal duty familiarly illustrated Source: The mother at home: or, The principles of maternal duty familiarly illustrated
“Christopher Carson, whose renown as Kit Carson has reached almost every ear in the country was born in Madison county, Kentucky, on the 24th of December, 1809.” BookCountryBornEarsCountyDecemberKentuckyMadisonRenown Book:Christopher Carson: Familiarly Known as Kit Carson Source: Christopher Carson: Familiarly Known as Kit Carson
“He who loathes war, and will do everything in his power to avert it, but who will, in the last extremity, encounter its perils, from love of country and of home--who is willing to sacrifice himself and all that is dear to him in life, to promote the well-being of his fellow-man, will ever receive a worthy homage.” MenWellsWarCountryHomeLastsSacrificeWillingFellowsDearWorthyWell BeingEncountersPatriotismFellow ManPerilHomageLoatheExtremityAvert Author:John Stevens Cabot Abbott
“If war has its chivalry and its pageantry, it has also its hideousness and its demoniac woe. Bullets respect not beauty. They tear out the eye, and shatter the jaw, and rend the cheek.” IfsWarEyeTearsCheeksBulletsWoeChivalryPageantry Book:The History of Napoleon Bonaparte Source: The History of Napoleon Bonaparte