"Never was a person more mortified than I was at this time, to see so fair an opportunity to push a victory; Detroit lost for want of a few men."

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Source : "The Buffalo Trace" by George R. Wilson, Indiana Historical Society Publications, volume 15, number 2, Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, (pp. 189), 1946.

George Rogers Clark

#Opportunity Quotes #Men Quotes #Victory Quotes

“I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere.”
“While each of us ... has depressed hours, none of us needs to be a depressed person.”
“The only good thing about the good old days is they're gone.”
“National Lampoon lost its audience when it went from monthly magazine to bimonthly to quarterly to annual to just making movies.”
“There is no publication in the scientific literature - in prestigious journals, specialty journals, or books - that describes how molecular evolution of any real, complex biochemical system either did occur or even might have occurred.”
“I’ve come to believe that, fundamentally, art matters more than politics.”
“Reaction is what changes your understanding of the world.”

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“The decisions of our past are the architects of our present.”

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