The North and the South were presented before me. The North have been deceived in regard to the South. They are better prepared for war than has been represented. Most of their men are well skilled in the use of arms, some of them from experience in battle, others from habitual sporting. They have the advantage of the North in this respect, but have not, as a general thing, the valor and the power of endurance that Northern men have. {1T 266.2}

Nordstaterne og sydstaterne blev fremstillet for mig. Nordstaterne er blevet bedraget med hensyn til sydstaterne. De er bedre forberedt på krig, end det har været vist før. De fleste af deres folk er gode til væbnet kamp, nogle af dem har erfaring i kamp, andre kender almindelig sport. De har nordstaternes fortrin i denne henseende, men de har ikke, i almindelighed, tapperhedens og udholdenhedens kraft som nordstaternes mennesker har.