The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here.
“I was five years old when I wrote my first song. It was out of longing for my father that I wrote it.”
“Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time.”