“This is the grave of Mike O'Day / Who died maintaining his right of way. / His right was clear, his will was strong, / But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.” - Anonymous

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

December 10

“Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.” - Abraham Lincoln