“This, it occurred to me, this was the undisciplined human community that, fired by its dull collective wit, now drove the armed nation towards it knew-not-what sort of epic martial cataclysm: a massive flailing organism with all the rectitude and foresight of an untrained puppy. --In the private letters of Albert Sloane, by permission of the Sloane family.” PeopleLifeHumansWarHuman NatureHuman FailingsLack Of DisciplineHuman Foibles Book:Lincoln in the Bardo Source: Lincoln in the Bardo