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re: A letter from a Civil War officer to his wife - July 14, 1861
Posted on 7/14/19 at 8:48 pm to TrapperJohn
Posted on 7/14/19 at 8:48 pm to TrapperJohn
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Greg Girlado, taken too soon.
R.I.P.
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Posted on 7/14/19 at 8:54 pm to RollTide1987
This man felt as if death was on his door step and yet still stood up for his country. I’m embarrassed for the people that can’t find it within themselves to stand for the anthem or say the pledge of allegiance.
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:00 pm to RollTide1987
Her Reply -
Sullivan,
I won't be here when you get back. I'm moving out West with my new boyfriend Mandingo.
Toodles,
Sarah
Sullivan,
I won't be here when you get back. I'm moving out West with my new boyfriend Mandingo.
Toodles,
Sarah
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:00 pm to RollTide1987
Acting troupes would tour 19th century mining camps putting on Shakespearian productions. They played to packed houses. The miners, who were well familiar with Shakespeare, could be harsh critics, jeering and throwing things if they thought the performance was below par.
TL;DR, the baws of that day were more culturally literate than even the elites of today.
TL;DR, the baws of that day were more culturally literate than even the elites of today.
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:05 pm to RollTide1987
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I am willing, perfectly willing to lay down all my joys in this life to help maintain this government, and to pay that debt.
He may have been willing to do that but he was only a soldier following orders and it takes a real leader of men to recognize and appreciate the value of life and what he was willing to order blood spilled for, especially against his own countrymen.
Lincoln was not that leader.
Anyone who is willing to place the growth and health of government over all else, even the valued and most precious gift of life is not someone that should be celebrated, only merely tolerated in the best of circumstances.
Government is only necessary to protect the inalienable and god given freedoms of human beings, not to maintain and grow itself.
It's literally why the Americans fought for their freedom against King George and his royal army.
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:08 pm to Sao
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This proves but one fact. The American education well over 150 years ago was eons better than today. That Baw could write
Although I agree it was a very well written letter, the officers of civil war were typically highly trained and educated. The equivalent would be a West Point or Ivy League grad that would also be able to pen a similar letter.
We shouldn’t compare him to your average American. Today or yesteryear
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:08 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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People could write in those days
Because it meant something. It took effort. Now communication and so effortless and constant that it means little to nothing.
Shame really.
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:10 pm to kciDAtaE
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The equivalent would be a West Point or Ivy League grad that would also be able to pen a similar letter.
I highly doubt that. Language as a whole has deteriorated for the masses. The wealth of all human knowledge at our fingertips and we are dumber than ever
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:12 pm to Sentrius
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Anyone who is comfortable with that much blood being shed for so little a cause is a goddamn genocidal monster.
Jesus Christ you are a fricking idiot
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:18 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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People were unafraid to the express strong opinions about what they were feeling.
There’s this thing called social media now and I assure you people today are way more unafraid to express their strong opinions
This post was edited on 7/14/19 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:21 pm to 13SaintTiger
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There’s this thing called social media now and I assure you people today are way more unafraid to express their strong opinions
No, they're awesome at expressing what they think everyone else wants to hear. It's overwhelmingly shallw drivel.
This post was edited on 7/14/19 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:24 pm to RollTide1987
But would he help her move?
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:25 pm to fr33manator
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I highly doubt that. Language as a whole has deteriorated for the masses. The wealth of all human knowledge at our fingertips and we are dumber than ever
Your words have indeed found me in a time of great consternation, the reasons for which must inescapably include the very same phenomenon referenced by your post.
Seriously, there is virtue in brevity. I don't like the way army officers wrote back then, nor do I like the way most people write now.
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:32 pm to RollTide1987
Pretty sad how society has gone from that to shite like this:
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:34 pm to RollTide1987
This very letter is featured in Ken Burns's film about eh Civil War.
It's a nice letter, but, women like money, confidence and power. Being away from home and writing flowery letters may work in movies and books, but not in real life.
It's a nice letter, but, women like money, confidence and power. Being away from home and writing flowery letters may work in movies and books, but not in real life.
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:35 pm to fr33manator
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I highly doubt that. Language as a whole has deteriorated for the masses. The wealth of all human knowledge at our fingertips and we are dumber than ever
Awash in information, yet drowning in ignorance. Human communication and interconnection is going backward.
Humans are indeed becoming dumber
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:45 pm to RogerTheShrubber
I blame De-evolution or Devo.
Posted on 7/14/19 at 9:48 pm to fr33manator
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I highly doubt that. Language as a whole has deteriorated for the masses. The wealth of all human knowledge at our fingertips and we are dumber than ever
I disagree with you. Quick google search shows this great man did graduate an Ivy League school then got his law degree before becoming a lawyer.
We are smarter than ever. A working pair of iPhones or high power rifles would have ended the Civil War in days, not years. Because we are smarter now.
Posted on 7/14/19 at 10:07 pm to kciDAtaE
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We are smarter than ever.
IQ levels are actually dropping
Posted on 7/14/19 at 10:10 pm to RollTide1987
Such elegant writing is racist and sexist. I’m so glad we are past that now.
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