“And now the momentous day, a day to be forever remembered in the annal...” — Edward Everett Quote

“And now the momentous day, a day to be forever remembered in the annals of the country, arrived. Early in the morning on the 1st of July the conflict began.”

“Not a moment had been lost by General Hooker in the pursuit of Lee.”

“It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner.”

“As a conservative, I maintain a healthy skepticism of the theory of man-made global warming. I also believe that more people enjoying the fruits of modernity and economic development is a good thing - as long as those people arrived legally and obey the law.”

“Mama, you know, poor baby, she'd had her family all finished: four daughters and a couple of sons, and suddenly, I arrived in her midlife on Christmas Eve 1922.”

“I think I maximised my opportunity at Bolton, changing the mindset of the people from when I arrived till the time I left.”