Without a name, perhaps without a reason why I should have a name, there has fallen upon me a task such as did not rest even upon the Father of his country.

In great contests, each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong.

The North responds to the proclamation sufficiently in breath; but breath alone kills no rebels.

General McClellan and myself are to be photographed ... if we can be still long enough. I feel General McClellan should have no problem.

I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.

It is gratifying to know that the patriotism of the people has proved equal to the occasion, and that the number of troops tendered greatly exceeds the force which Congress authorized me to call into the field.