“If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over.”
1960s, Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
Context: Now, it should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war. If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over. So it is that those of us who are yet determined that America will be — are — are led down the path of protest and dissent, working for the health of our land.
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Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 1, p. 1 (the opening paragraph of the book)

“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.”
As quoted in Daughters of the Promised Land, Women in American History (1970) by Page Smith, p. 273

Letter http://www.trsite.org/content/pages/speaking-loudly (1 September 1903), Oyster Bay, New York
1900s
“One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen.”

The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), X : Religion, the Mythology of the Beyond and the Apocatastasis

As quoted in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (1884 - 1888) edited by Robert Underwood Clarence C. Buel, Vol. II, p. 297
Context: Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number. The other rule is, never fight against heavy odds, if by any possible maneuvering you can hurl your own force on only a part, and that the weakest part, of your enemy and crush it. Such tactics will win every time, and a small army may thus destroy a large one in detail, and repeated victory will make it invincible.

October 26, 1941; Vol. 1, p. 191.
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