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For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

There’s so much history amongst ourselve that reminds us of something, and we start cracking up.

All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true.

We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.