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“I am a historian. With the exception of being a wife and mother, it is who I am. And there is nothing I take more seriously.”

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Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin is an accomplished American historian and author, renowned for her biographies of U.S. presidents. Born on January 4, 1943, she has made significant contributions to the field of history through her in-depth research and engaging storytelling. more

“Well, I thought, climbing slowly out of the slit trench, the shells will catch us above ground now. But if you have to go, you have to go. F Company’s in trouble, and we have to help them. We’re in reserve, so we have to go. And if we’re shelled, we’re shelled. There is absolutely nothing we can do about it.”

Ifs Wells Helping Can Do Company Trouble Climbing Reserves Shells Absolutely Nothing Trenches Slits

Author:David Kenyon Webster

“Those things that are precious are saved only by sacrifice.”

Sacrifice Saved

Author:David Kenyon Webster

“Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said no.”

Said Wanted Mines Politician Canyons Copper Grand Canyon Theodore Zinc

Author:Douglas Brinkley

“I am the harvest of man's stupidity. I am the fruit of the holocaust. I prayed like you to survive, but look at me now. It is over for us who are dead, but you must struggle, and will carry the memories all your life. People back home will wonder why you can't forget.”

Source: With the Old Breed: The World War Two Pacific Classic

“The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.”

War Facts Able Hope Compassion Accepting Acceptance Depends Mercy Function Army Soldier Remorse World War 2 Supposing Remorseless

Author:Ronald Speirs

“We have met the enemy and have learned nothing more about him. I have, however, learned some things about myself. There are things men can do to one another that are sobering to the soul. It is one thing to reconcile these things with God, but another to square it with yourself.”

Men Soul Can Do Enemy One Thing Mets Squares Reconcile

Author:Robert Leckie

“I am no coward; but I am so strong, so hard to die.”

Hard Dies Strong Coward

Author:Meriwether Lewis

“A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort.”

Way Lasts Night Morning Clear Wind Cold Caught Gray Traps Foxes Last Night Night Time Forts Neighbourhoods Cold Morning

Book:History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.

Source: History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.

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