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The man inside did not help me at all, but yelled out, "Come in and sit down!" THE MAN INSIDE DID NOT HELP ME AT ALL BUT YELLED OUT COME IN AND SIT DOWN
oned for me. I went up to that anteroom, and the secretary said: “That is the President’s door right over there. Just rap on it and go right in.” I never was so taken aback, friends, in all my life, never. The secretary himself made it worse for me, because he had told me how to go in and then went out another door to the left and shut that. There I was, in the hallway by myself before the President of the United States of America’s door. I had been on fields of battle, where the shells did sometimes shriek and the bullets did sometimes hit me, but I always wanted to run. I have no sympathy with the old man who says, “I would just as soon march up to the cannon’s mouth as eat my dinner.” I have no faith in a man who doesn’t know enough to be afraid when he is being shot at. I never was so afraid when the shells came around us at Antietam as I was when I went into that room that day; but I finally mustered the courage--I don’t know how I ever did--and at arm’s-length tapped on the door.  TO THE DOOR AND MOTIONED FOR ME I WENT UP TO THAT ANTEROOM AND THE SECRETARY SAID THAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S DOOR RIGHT OVER THERE JUST RAP ON IT AND GO RIGHT IN I NEVER WAS SO TAKEN ABACK FRIENDS IN ALL MY LIFE NEVER THE SECRETARY HIMSELF MADE IT WORSE FOR ME BECAUSE HE HAD TOLD ME HOW TO GO IN AND THEN WENT OUT THE OTHER DOOR ON THE LEFT AND SHUT THAT THERE I WAS IN THE HALLWAY BY MYSELF BEFORE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S DOOR I'D BEEN ON FIELDS OF BATTLE WHERE THE SHELLS DID SOMETIMES SHRIEK AND THE BULLETS DID SOMETIMES HIT ME BUT I ALWAYS WANTED TO RUN I HAVE NO SYMPATHY WITH THE OLD MAN WHO SAYS I WOULD JUST AS SOON MARCH UP TO THE CANNON'S MOUTH AS EAT MY MY DINNER AND I HAVE NO FAITH IN A MAN WHO DOESN'T KNOW ENOUGH TO BE AFRAID WHEN HE'S BEING SHOT AT I NEVER WAS SO AFRAID WHEN THE SHELLS CAME AROUND US AT ANTIETAM AS I WAS WHEN I WENT INTO THAT ROOM THAT DAY BUT I FINALLY MUSTERED THE COURAGE I DON'T KNOW HOW I EVER DID AND AT ARM'S LENGTH TAPPED ON THE DOOR
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