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re: Can you read this tombstone? Solve a family puzzle? **SOLVED**
Posted on 6/15/19 at 10:08 pm to Bloodworth
Posted on 6/15/19 at 10:08 pm to Bloodworth
WE GOT IT!!!!! Second half:
The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form…
It's a Jefferson Davis quote. Thank you guys so much. By piecemealing it together, I was finally able to get enough to search and actually get results.
The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form…
It's a Jefferson Davis quote. Thank you guys so much. By piecemealing it together, I was finally able to get enough to search and actually get results.
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Posted on 6/15/19 at 10:12 pm to TigerBabeNtheWoods
quote:
The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form…
That can't be right...
The last two words on that line look like "he died" to me. I certainly don't see "contend" unless I'm missing something.
ETA: Though I'll concede that I'm a bit bleary-eyed right now, so who knows
This post was edited on 6/15/19 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 6/15/19 at 10:12 pm to TigerBabeNtheWoods
quote:
The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form…
That is an awesome quote. As I said, those people back then wrote much more eloquently than we do now.
quote:
It's a Jefferson Davis quote.
So he was on the good guys’ side at Gettysburg.
Posted on 6/15/19 at 10:15 pm to TigerBabeNtheWoods
It’s threads like this that give me faith in the utility of this board.
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