[Magdalen] Fwd: The Almost Daily eMo From The Geranium Farm

[Christopher Hart]

I have made the same peace with facts I know about my ancestry.

On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, you know, a lot of these folks, on one side or the other, were our
> individual ancestors. We can't do anything about our DNA. I've made peace
> with the fact that some of my ancestors were slaveholders. As my daughter
> says, "I hope they were kind." It's the way things were. Just as some of
> our founding fathers were slaveholders. It's history. Deal with it. I've
> come to believe that some of the stuff that was done during and directly
> after the Civil War is in many ways directly responsible for some of
> today's political climate in the south.
>
> Rant mode off.
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> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 5:48 PM, James Oppenheimer <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> > > Was it in the pages of this list some years ago where there was  a
> > > discussion about how we should look upon those who fought for  the
> > > Confederate cause?  I believe the question was whether these  men
> > > should be "remembered", or additionally "honored".
> > >
> > > As I recall, there was no clear answer
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> > I would hope we would leave it up to folks to do what seems best to them.
> >  It's not as if anything we do is going to change anything. Everyone
> fought
> > for the cause which they felt was better.
> >
> >
> > *The Blue And The GrayFrancis Miles Finch (1827-1907)*
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> > *By the flow of the inland river,    Whence the fleets of iron have
> > fled,Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver,    Asleep are the ranks
> of
> > the dead:        Under the sod and the dew,            Waiting the
> > judgment-day;        Under the one, the Blue,            Under the other,
> > the Gray......*
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> > *No more shall the war cry sever,    Or the winding rivers be red;They
> > banish our anger forever    When they laurel the graves of our dead!
> > Under the sod and the dew,            Waiting the judgment-day,
> Love
> > and tears for the Blue,            Tears and love for the Gray.*
> >
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer
> > *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> better
> > for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
> time
> > on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
> > ​
> >
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Christopher Hart

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