Lincoln
was unaware of his destiny as emancipator of a race and defender of the Union when he said, "Boys, by the Eternal God, if ever I get a chance to hit that thing [slavery], I'll hit it hard.
A woman
who lived on the edge of a California desert, where atmospheric conditions seem particularly favorable for producing mirages, related that while tourists are completely taken in by this phenomenon, residents know how to distinguish between the true and the false.
An
American traveler is always impressed when attending services in a Church of Christ, Scientist, in another land with the fact that The Mother Church has branches throughout the world.
