Power of "setting your mind"The morning after that ardently wished-for day on which we took possession of the Palace of the Kings of France I observed to Bonaparte...
Setting your ResolveIn the meantime, news was brought that Caesar had occupied Ariminum, a great city in Italy, and was marching directly towards Rome with...
Live like you are dyingPliny the Younger, The lingering disorder of a friend of mine gave me occasion lately to reflect that we are never so good as when...
Setting resolveYet Britain still had ‘immense reserves and advantages’, and, he concluded: ‘I am convinced that every man of you would rise up and tear...
It is a fixed thingOrville Browning, who considered the proclamation a fatal mistake, warned Lincoln that recruiting new volunteers would be nearly...
Emancipation ProclamationAt 2 p.m., Lincoln wearily finished with his own reception, returned to his office. Seward and Fred soon joined him, carrying the...