Eastern Theater of The American Civil War - Principal Commanders of The Eastern Theater

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“The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.”
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“But we are spirits of another sort.
I with the morning’s love have oft made sport,
And like a forester the groves may tread
Even till the eastern gate, all fiery-red,
Opening on Neptune with fair blessèd beams,
Turns unto yellow gold his salt green streams.”
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“When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet’s task to turn it into an audience.”
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