"Nathan Bedford Forrest ... used his horsemen as a modern general would use motorized infantry. He liked horses because he liked fast movement, and his mounted men could get from here to there much faster than any infantry could; but when they reached the field they usually tied their horses to trees and fought on foot, and they were as good as the very best infantry. Not for nothing did Forrest say the essence of strategy was to git thar fust with the most men."

Source : Bruce Catton, James M. McPherson (2014). “American Heritage History of the Civil War”, p.105, New Word City

Bruce Catton

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“All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted.”

Source : "Christian Missions: A Triangular Debate, Before the Nineteenth Century Club of New York". The Monist Magazine, Volume 5, 1895.
“Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behaviour not otherwise excusable.”
“Doroga thumped a finger against his skull. Head got nothing to do with the heart. Your heart wants what it wants. Head got to learn that it can only kill the heart or else get out of the way”
“When I have the choice to do something I don't want to do, I most often â€“ most always â€“ do it anyway.”

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“New York was big enough and wide enough that it allowed for reasonably eccentric people like me to thrive. It was a perfect place for me.”

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“Dear God I've heard your name from teachers, family and friends, you made the universe and so will live on when it ends. Everyone I know admits they've never seen your face, they're not sure where you live and have no map to the place.”

Source : "Song: 'Dear God' ('A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden')". 2011.
“As far as my favorite sites, I do a lot of mundane stuff on line because I travel so much.”
“Time flies on restless pinions - constant never.”

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