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“We are scattered, stunned; the remnant of heart left alive is filled with brotherly hate... Whose fault? Everybody blamed somebody else. Only the dead heroes left stiff and stark on the battlefield escape.”

Heart War Hate Left History Alive Hero Filled Faults Civil War Battlefields American Civil War Starks Stunned Remnants Brotherly

Author:Mary Boykin Chesnut

“I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I won.”

War Desire History Taken Alive Battle Command Civil War American Civil War

Author:Philip Sheridan

“by operating on the principle of human and material obsolescence, America eats her history alive.”

Humans America Principles History United States Alive Materials Obsolescence

Book:Speed is of the Essence

Source: Speed is of the Essence

“We shall not understand the history of men and other times unless we ourselves are alive to the requirements which that history satisfied.”

Men History Alive Satisfied Requirements

Book:History as the Story of Liberty

Source: History as the Story of Liberty

“History Coming too close Is monstrous, like a doll That is alive and bigger than the child Who tries to hold it.”

Trying Children History Alive Bigger Dolls Monstrous

Book:Collected Poems: 1919-1962

Source: Collected Poems: 1919-1962

“If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.”

Ifs Feels Art Real Philosophy Life Is History Alive Speech Unborn Speechless

Author:Jacques Barzun

“All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!”

Culture Speak Voice Talking History Alive Objects Phases Interrelatedness

Author:Camille Paglia

“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”

“I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.”

Littles Feelings History Alive Sea Lakes Magnus Bane City Of Ashes

Book:City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.”

Women History Millions Alive Feminist Feminine American Woman Mystique Burying Lost Youth Feminine Mystique

Book:The Feminine Mystique

Source: The Feminine Mystique

“The past is dead, and nothing that we can choose to believe about it can harm or benefit those who were alive in it. On the other hand, it has the power to harm us.”

Believe Hands Past History Alive Benefits Harm

Book:The Shape of Irish History

Source: The Shape of Irish History