The officers had no command over them. They were afraid of their own…

At last, after thinking a heap about it, I came to the conclusion that I always did, that the boldest plan is the best and safest.

but ef you’d heard me swear and cuss the blue-bellies, you’d a-thought me one of the wickedest of the whole crew.

I suppose I am called a red-handed murderer, which I deny. That I have killed men I admit, but never unless in absolute self-defense, or in the performance of an official duty. I never, in my life, took any mean advantage of an enemy.

The human race are sons of sorrow born; And each must have his portion. Vulgar minds Refuse or cranch beneath their load: the brave Bear theirs without repining.

Courage, brother! do not stumble, Though thy path be dark as night; There’s a star to guide the humble, Trust in God and do the Right.

As long as he lived, he was the guiding-star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little children cried in the street.