John Quincy Adams, at the end of his life was referred to as "old man eloquent." I believe this old man can share that designation. Thanks for exposing me to his worthy words.
I have loved your videos since the beginning. But this video, and this man’s words brought me to tears. So eloquently written and so powerful in the message. Absolutely astounding.
I think it is entirely probable that we'd be required to go back in time to over six million years ago to the first inception of our hominid ancestors find a place that WASN'T a "Land of Many Wars." I am rather sure that many bloody battles between groups of Australopithecines took place in our original homeland in East Africa and we have continued that practice right up to the present time all over the world. It can not be denied that we are a particularly cruel and murderous species of ape. Oh yes, we have our great philosophers and scientists who have advanced the dignity and welfare of our species, but it is the Caesars and their wars that loom large in our histories.
"Many wars" and civil strife... Yes, we seem ever prone to elect private ease and convenience over a disciplined preference for the neighborhood's common good. Ron, there is nothing "small" about bringing order and perspective to any perplexing muddle of horrid events in a people's history. And though an acuity of "20/20" be claimed for hindsight, truth still requires a refiner's heart behind the probing eye. Thank you for teasing out such accounts for us regarding this great mass of American scars and stains, so confused with the attempts of "our better angels" to sadly redeem and refound higher principles than those we'd allowed to prevail upon public life. "What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" Praise God for the reprieving swing of His balance's Pendulum.
The french and indians first Rogers rangers Then the brits in 1776 Back to the indians for a while Back to brits in 1812 Then the mexicans 1836 and 1848 Then each other in 1861 Back to indians Spanish war 1898 Ww1 and ww2 korea vietnam Iraq Afghanistan and next Russia China maybe!
Take hope, my friend: "The end will come, when [Christ] hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death." ----- "I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God."
Taking corporal Haynie's stirring eulogy as an example, perhaps corporals should eulogize. How many of our fellow Americans know about and admire the men that Plutarch mentions, but by the same token, how many of our fellow Americans know about and admire Lincoln? Of course, Mr. Lincoln's "villainous war" did cause many in the South to lose their "property" without compensation.
Really enjoy all the work you do sharing your photographs and knowledge about the Civil War. Thank you sir!
Very Very interesting and unique +++
Ron, your stories fuel my interest in the Civil War. Having moved to coastal DE from CA, I am now able to see the battlefields not so far away.
this is beautifully written and perfectly read...ghastly windrows
John Quincy Adams, at the end of his life was referred to as "old man eloquent." I believe this old man can share that designation. Thanks for exposing me to his worthy words.
What A Writer!
I have loved your videos since the beginning. But this video, and this man’s words brought me to tears. So eloquently written and so powerful in the message. Absolutely astounding.
"One side fighting to crush and still control..." That description would fit many, many wars.
100 years after he died the conflicts continue. We now fight each other in the streets.
Idiot.
You and Haynie look like relatives!
I think it is entirely probable that we'd be required to go back in time to over six million years ago to the first inception of our hominid ancestors find a place that WASN'T a "Land of Many Wars." I am rather sure that many bloody battles between groups of Australopithecines took place in our original homeland in East Africa and we have continued that practice right up to the present time all over the world. It can not be denied that we are a particularly cruel and murderous species of ape. Oh yes, we have our great philosophers and scientists who have advanced the dignity and welfare of our species, but it is the Caesars and their wars that loom large in our histories.
Thank you for your perceptive comment.
"Many wars" and civil strife... Yes, we seem ever prone to elect private ease and convenience over a disciplined preference for the neighborhood's common good.
Ron, there is nothing "small" about bringing order and perspective to any perplexing muddle of horrid events in a people's history. And though an acuity of "20/20" be claimed for hindsight, truth still requires a refiner's heart behind the probing eye. Thank you for teasing out such accounts for us regarding this great mass of American scars and stains, so confused with the attempts of "our better angels" to sadly redeem and refound higher principles than those we'd allowed to prevail upon public life.
"What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" Praise God for the reprieving swing of His balance's Pendulum.
Tim Conway’s great grandfather?
No mention of slavery and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Slavery, America's original sin.
The french and indians first
Rogers rangers
Then the brits in 1776
Back to the indians for a while
Back to brits in 1812
Then the mexicans 1836 and 1848
Then each other in 1861
Back to indians
Spanish war 1898
Ww1 and ww2 korea vietnam
Iraq Afghanistan and next
Russia China maybe!
Lincoln embodied simultaneously the best quality of each man profiled by Plutarch huh?
Perhaps corporals should not eulogize.
Take hope, my friend: "The end will come, when [Christ] hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death."
-----
"I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God."
Taking corporal Haynie's stirring eulogy as an example, perhaps corporals should eulogize. How many of our fellow Americans know about and admire the men that Plutarch mentions, but by the same token, how many of our fellow Americans know about and admire Lincoln? Of course, Mr. Lincoln's "villainous war" did cause many in the South to lose their "property" without compensation.