It Is Wise Statesmanship Which Suggests That

People Should Not Say That This Or That Is Not Worth Learning, Giving As Their Reason That It Will Not Be Put To Use. They Can No More Know What Information They Will Need In The Future Than They Will Know The Weather Two Hundred Years From Today.

I Wonder If A Soldier Ever Does Mend A Bullet Hole In His Coat?

I Was Only One Woman Alone, And Had No Power To Move To Action Full-fed, Sleek- Coated, Ease-loving, Pleasure-seeking, Well-paid,and Well-placed Countrymen In This War- Trampled, Dead, Old Land, Each One Afraid That He Should Be Called Upon To Do Something.

It Is Wise Statesmanship Which Suggests That In Time Of Peace We Must Prepare For War, And It Is No Less A Wise Benevolence That Makes Preparation In The Hour Of Peace For Assuaging The Ills That Are Sure To Accompany War.

What Could I Do But Go With Them Civil War Soldiers, Or Work For Them And My Country? The Patriot Blood Of My Father Was Warm In My Veins.