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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 SYMPATHY WITH THE OLD MAN WHO SAYS I WOULD JUST AS SOON MARCH UP TO THE CANNON'S MOUTH AS EAT MY MY DINNER
 of my soldiers in the Civil War had been sentenced to death, and I went up to the White House in Washington--sent there for the first time in my life to see the President. I went into the waiting-room and sat down with a lot of others on the benches, and the secretary asked one after another to tell him what they wanted. After the secretary had been through the line, he went in, and then came back 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 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. UST WHAT YOU WOULD DO ONE OF MY SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND I WENT UP TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON SENT THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE TO SEE THE PRESIDENT I WENT INTO THE WAITING ROOM AND SAT DOWN WITH A LOT OF OTHERS ON THE BENCHES AND THE SECRETARY ASKED ONE AFTER ANOTHER TO TELL HIM WHAT THEY WANTED AFTER THE SECRETARY HAD BEEN THROUGH THE LINE HE WENT IN AND THEN CAME BACK 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
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