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    Shelby Foote quote. A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library

    A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library

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    Shelby Foote quote. I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears

    I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears

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    Shelby Foote quote. Right now I'm thinking a good deal about emancipation. One of our sins was slavery, another was emancipation. It's a paradox. In theory, emancipation was one of the glories of our democracy - and it was. But the way it was done led to tragedy, turning four million people loose with no jobs or trades or learning. And then in 1877 for a few electoral votes, just abandoning them entirely. A huge amount of pain and trouble resulted. Everybody in America is still paying for it

    Right now I'm thinking a good deal about emancipation. One of our sins was slavery, another was emancipation. It's a paradox. In theory, emancipation was one of the glories of our democracy - and it was. But the way it was done led to tragedy, turning four million people loose with no jobs or trades or learning. And then in 1877 for a few electoral votes, just abandoning them entirely. A huge amount of pain and trouble resulted. Everybody in America is still paying for it

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    Shelby Foote quote. We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies.

    We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General Nathaniel Banks, in plea he couldn't abandon an untenable position

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    Shelby Foote quote. On Lee as commander:

    On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor

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