“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” — René Descartes
Blaise Picchi and David dive into Ulysses Grant's life and experiences in this episode they pick up his story at the very beginning traveling through his childhood and West Point years eventually ending in the home he built with his own hands, Hardscrabble.
"He must be hunted down and killed if it costs 10,000 men and bankrupts the treasury.” -General Sherman
“The crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood.” -John Brown
"The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, while follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring."
"It was imperative to strike before we were struck by this overwhelming force in a hand-to-hand fight, which we could not probably have withstood or survived. At that crisis, I ordered the bayonet. The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man; and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward upon the enemy, now not 30 yards away."
"Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees."
Thomas J. Jackson in many ways is the archetype of Southern honor, bravery, faith and leadership. Growing up in the Deep South, I've seen portraits and paintings of Jackson in pastor's offices, boardrooms of lawyers, bankers, insurance agents and in various homes throughout my life. There is a certain admiration even reverence for Stonewall Jackson... Continue Reading →
Brains and Brawn 