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Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the great and good who now cluster around the banner of the country, there exists no

Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the great and good who now cluster around the banner of the country, there exists no purer spirit, no more heroic soul, than that of the illustrious man whose death I join you in lamenting.

Jefferson Davis
Country, War, Loss

It is not differences of opinion; it is geographical lines, rivers, and mountains which divide State from State, and make different nations of mankind.

Jefferson Davis
Differences, Rivers, Mountain
Jefferson Davis (1938). “The rise and fall of the Confederate government”

Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.

Jefferson Davis
War, Army, History

Pray excuse me. I cannot take it.

Jefferson Davis
War, Praying, Excuse

How idle is this prating about natural rights as though still containing all that had been forfeited.

Jefferson Davis
Rights, Natural, Idle
Jefferson Davis (1860). “Relations of states: Speech of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi”, p.4

The authors of all our misfortune.

Jefferson Davis
War, History, Misfortunes