Just able barely to mount a horse and ride about a little in the spring of 1866, my life was threatened daily, and I was forced to go heavily armed. The whole country was then full of militia, robbing, plundering and killing.
“When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.”
“As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy... the diary is pretty full.”