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12 " In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength. "
17 " My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good. "
19 " We all thought Richmond, protected as it was by our splendid fortifications and defended by our army of veterans, could not be taken. Yet Grant turned his face to our Capital, and never turned it away until we had surrendered. Now, I have carefully searched the military records of both ancient and modern history, and have never found Grant's superior as a general. I doubt that his superior can be found in all history. "