Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home.
—Shelby Foote
Topics: Fashion
And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.
—Shelby Foote
Topics: Difficulty
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