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“I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command.”

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Nathan Bedford Forrest, born on July 13, 1821, and died on October 29, 1877, was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, known for his ruthless tactics and military skills. more

“Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the War; will be impressed by all the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision.”

“I will be in my coffin before I will fight again under your command.”

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Author:Nathan Bedford Forrest

“I have never on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I now advise you to a course which I felt myself unwilling to pursue. You have been good soldiers. You can be good citizens. Obey the laws, preserve your honor, and the government to which you have surrendered can afford to be and will be magnanimous.”

“The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.”

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Book:The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa

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“By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by killing or in any other way whatsoever.”

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Author:Thomas Aquinas

“What a country chooses to save is what a country chooses to say about itself.”

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“In fact, Darwin's own grandfather anticipated the central tenet of Lamarckism by some seven years: "All animals undergo perpetual transformations; which are in part produced by their own exertions... and many of these acquired forms or propensities are transmitted to their posterity."”

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Author:Erasmus Darwin

“Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall.”

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Author:Matthew Arnold

“The secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.”

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Author:Norman Vincent Peale

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