It [the Civil War] was a ...

It [the Civil War] was a heroic struggle; and, as is inevitable with all such struggles, it had also a dark and terrible side. Very much was done of good, and much also of evil; and, as was inevitable in such a period of revolution, often the same man did both good and evil. For our great good fortune as a nation, we, the people of the United States as a whole, can now afford to forget the evil, or, at least, to remember it without bitterness, and to fix our eyes with pride only on the good that was accomplished.
It [the Civil War] was a heroic struggle; and, as is inevitable with all such struggles, it had also a dark and terrible side. Very much was done of good, and much also of evil; and, as was inevitable in such a period of revolution, often the same man did both good and evil. For our great good fortune as a nation, we, the people of the United States as a whole, can now afford to forget the evil, or, at least, to remember it without bitterness, and to fix our eyes with pride only on the good that was accomplished.
 Theodore Roosevelt

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Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.
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“I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!”
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“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.”
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The mother is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more important by far than the successful statesman, or business man, or artist, or scientist.
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