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Faculty met, and after the usual business, some conversation was had about certain students being addicted to drinking, and it was reported that a citizen of the village had informed a member of the Faculty that there was a good deal of drinking this term among the students. Daniel H. Hill

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There was a nuisance in the service known as the army correspondent. Daniel H. Hill

Service Army Correspondent Known Nuisance

As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers. Daniel H. Hill

Fight Battle Few Nothing Battles Wounded Only Never Pick He Knew Knight Supposed Real Afar Up Accurately Quill Incidents

Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia. Daniel H. Hill

But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section. Daniel H. Hill

Own Soldiers Section Admiration His Jackson Confined Means

As to war, I am and always was a great enemy, at the same time a warrior the greater part of my life and were I young again, should still be a warrior while ever this country should be invaded and I lived. Daniel Morgan

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I further believe that all must be saved through the merits of Christ. Daniel Morgan

Christ Believe Saved Further Must Through Merits

Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops. David Hackworth

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The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning. David Hackworth

War Saying Old More Shameful Taken Meaning Racket Even

Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie. David Hackworth

War Easy American Modern Movie Script

Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people. David Hackworth

Terrorism Commitment People Will Too Everyday Must Total Take Involvement Without Years Exists American Happen Wherever Which American People

Needless to say, innumerable challenges exist in all areas of governance, and much more needs to be done to help the Afghan government assume full responsibility for addressing the concerns of ordinary Afghan citizens. David Petraeus

We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area, conducted the initial training for the attackers in training camps in Afghanistan before they moved on to Germany and then to U.S. flight schools. David Petraeus

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Leading the coalition military effort during the surge in Iraq in 2007 and 2008 was the most important endeavor - and greatest challenge - of my 37 years in uniform. David Petraeus

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When Western politicians propose blanket discrimination against Islam, they bolster the terrorists' propaganda. David Petraeus

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In many... cases, of course, the Arab Spring has brought about instability rather than greater stability. And rather than bringing about government that is more representative and more responsive to the people, you're seeing, frankly, the opposite, or you're seeing all-out war. David Petraeus

War Government You People Spring Arab Frankly Arab Spring Responsive All-Out Seeing Brought About Cases Rather More Instability Course Greater Opposite Than Stability Representative Many Bringing

If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. And then, above all, the resources. David Petraeus

If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United Kingdom, they have suffered heavy losses at various points, the Germans as well. David Petraeus

You Mind Find Kingdom Per Rates Various Higher Casualties Points Had Countries Look Well Loss Losses Denmark Germans Than Heavy Us Much United Suffered United Kingdom

I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction. David Petraeus

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