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It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether read more
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by ;degrees, the consequences will be the same.
Mad let us grant him them, and now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect--
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Mad let us grant him them, and now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect--
Or rather say, the cause of this defect,
For this effect defective comes by cause.
Thus it remains, and the remainder thus.
The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
[Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]
The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
[Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]
No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the seeds of their own destruction.
No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the seeds of their own destruction.
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
Great causes and little men go ill together.
Great causes and little men go ill together.
It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, read more
It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that ;their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart
With pity that doth make me sick.
O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart
With pity that doth make me sick.
