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Knute Nelson [1843-1923] American

Rank: 103
Politician, Former United States Senator

Knute Nelson was a Norwegian-American attorney and politician active in both Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures, was elected to the U.S.

Fitness, Good, Health, Hope, Strength

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In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.	Fitness, Good, Health	101
You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong; it is necessary to see such things with a broad mind in order to oppose them.	Hope	102
Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi.		103
Man is remembered by his deeds.		104
You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong.		105
Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie.		106
It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue; for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated.	Strength	107
Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired for this purpose, and the farmers and planters are to pay the Taxes in support of this.		108
The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.		109
I would prefer being in a hard battle; however, I will be satisfied with whatever happens to me in this war, if only the country comes out of this peril safe and to the satisfaction of the finest and best government on earth.		110
I know that money speaks more loudly than need.		111
It is with this as with religion: one usually believes what he has been taught.		112
That death was near, I suppose I believed, but I saw it only as a rest after the day's work.		113
What is best and most necessary usually happens.		114
But it is neither cannon nor bayonet that will do the worst damage to this city. No, this place will remember the war against our government just as long as there are inhabitants here.		115
We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river.		116

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