Stories of DixieStories of life in Northern Louisiana before the Civil War, with a narrative of the author's experience as a Confederate soldier. |
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Page 67 - We may live without poetry, music, and art ; We may live without conscience, and live without heart ; We may live without friends ; we may live without books ; But civilized man cannot live without cooks. He may live without books, — what is knowledge but grieving ? He may live without hope, — what is hope but deceiving ? He may live without love, — what is passion but pining ? But where is the man that can live without dining ? XX.
Page 195 - What does he do- this hero in gray with a heart of gold ? Does he sit down in sullenness and despair ? Not for a day. Surely God who had stripped him of his prosperity, inspired him in> his adversity. As ruin was never before so overwhelming, never was restoration swifter. The soldier stepped from the trenches into the furrow, horses that had charged Federal guns marched before the plow, and fields that ran red with human blood in April, were green with the harvest in June...
Page 218 - ... ancient works of art — temples with ornaments and inscriptions that excite wonder and admiration, the remains of a once high order of civilization, which have outlived the language they spoke. Upon them all, Ichabod is written — their glory has departed. Why is this so?
Page 217 - Descendants of the same people inhabit the country ; yet what is the reason of this mighty difference? In the midst of present degradation we see the glorious fragments of ancient works of art. — temples with ornaments and inscriptions that excite wonder and admiration, the remains of a once high order of civilization, which have outlived the language they spoke.
Page 216 - ... He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression; and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy; and a man without guile. He was Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without his tyranny; Napoleon without his selfishness; and Washington without his reward.
Page 217 - The influence of the Government on us is like that of the atmosphere around us. Its benefits are so silent and unseen that they are seldom thought of or appreciated. We seldom think of the single element of oxygen in the air we breathe, and yet let this simple, unseen, and unfelt agent be withdrawn, this life-giving element be taken away from this all-pervading fluid around us, and what instant and appalling changes would take place in all organic creation. It may be that we are all that we are in...
Page 151 - I believe that the world has never produced a body of men superior, in courage, patriotism, and endurance, to the private soldiers of the Confederate armies. I have repeatedly seen those soldiers submit, with cheerfulness, to privations and hardships which would appear to be almost incredible^ and the wild cheers of our brave men, (which were so different from the studied...
Page 216 - Who saves his country, saves all things, and all things saved will bless him. Who lets his country die, lets all things die, and all things dying curse him.
Page 151 - ... studied hurrahs of the Yankees,) when their thin lines sent back opposing hosts of Federal troops, staggering, reeling, and flying, have often thrilled every fibre in my heart. I have seen, with my own eyes, ragged, barefooted, and hungry Confederate soldiers perform deeds, which, if performed in days of yore by mailed warriors in glittering armour, would have inspired the harp of the minstrel and the pen of the poet.
Page 209 - President, he had the basis, the indispensable basis, of all high character ; and that was, unspotted integrity — unimpeached honor and character.