He came to exhibit a sort of indignant pity for the Fatherland, into whose way so many obstacles were being inopportunely thrown.

He compared Germany to a wounded deer that ravenous dogs were seeking to bring down, but his predictions of her ultimate victory were not less confident.

Minna Vielhaber wept back of the bar at Herman's affecting picture of the stricken deer with the arrow in her flank, and would be comforted only when he brought the war to a proper close.
It was at this time that Winona wrote in her journal: "General Sherman said that war is the bad place.

He knew." It was also at this time that a certain phrase from a high source briefly engaged the notice of Sharon Whipple.
"Guinea pigs," said he, "are also too proud to fight, but they ain't ever won the public respect on that account.

They get treated accordingly." It was after this that Sharon was heard ominously to wish that he were thirty or forty years younger.