Joshua Chamberlain

We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much.

But the cause for which we fought was higher our thought wider... That thought was our power.

The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.

This is the great reward of service, to live, far out and on, in the life of others; this is the mystery of Christ, - to give life's best for such high sake that it shall be found again unto life eternal.

We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war.

But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action.