“You have a life and there are these volumes on either side that go unvisited; some day soon as the world winds he will lie beneath what he now stands on, dead as those insects whose sound he no longer hears, and the grass will go on growing, wild and blind.” WorldLyingSoundSidesGrowingWindGoes OnBlindGrassVolumeInsects Book:Rabbit is Rich Source: Rabbit is Rich
“It is the person who is blind to what goes on around him that is most surprised when the same things happen to him.” PersonsHappensGoes OnBlindThings Happen Author:Mychal Thompson
“I tried all in my power to avert this war. I saw it coming, for twelve years I worked night and day to prevent it, but I could not. The North was mad and blind; it would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came, and now it must go on unless you acknowledge our right to self government. We are not fighting for slavery. We are fighting for Independence.” YearsWarSelfGovernmentNightFightingSawsGoes OnIndependenceSlaveryBlindMadAcknowledgeTwelveSelf-governmentAvert Author:Jefferson Davis