John Sedgwick quotes
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“They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...”
-- John SedgwickSource : Quoted in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (1887 - 1888). This line is popularly said to have been Sedgwick's last words and to have been cut off in the middle of "distance." In fact, this was Sedgwick's second-to-last sentence and was completed before the bullet hit.
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“What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance...”
-- John SedgwickSource : John Sedgwick's final words said by him to his men who were ducking for cover at the battle of Spotsylvania, May 9, 1864.
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“When you study history, you're really studying yourself. Every bit of history I've uncovered about my own family has some remnant in myself.”
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“Worry is a complete circle of inefficient thought whirling about a pivot of fear. To avoid it, consider whether the problem in hand is your business. If it is not, turn to something that is. If it is your business, decide if it is your business now. If so, decide what is best to be done about it. If you know, get busy. If you don't know, find out promptly. Do these things; then rest your case on the determination that, no matter how hard things may turn out to be, you will amek the best of them - and more than that no man can do. Dr. Austen Fox Riggs”
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