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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

THE WINDS OF FATE

 [This poem was written by Mrs. Wilcox on the steamer, Richard Peck, between New Haven and New York, following her husband’s observation that one ship west and the other east in the same wind.] 




 Description of a Gentleman - Robert E. Lee: "The power which the strong have over the weak, the magistrate over the citizen, the emplo...