David McCullough Quotes

Roebling Rejoined The Army Of The Potomac In February 1863 Back At Fredericksburg, Where He Was Quartered Late One Night In An Old Stone Jail, From Which He Would Emerge The Following Morning With A Story That Would Be Told In The Family For Years And Years To Come. The Place Had Little Or No Light, It Seems, And Roebling, All Alone, Groping His Way About, Discovered An Old Chest That Aroused His Curiosity. He Lifted The Lid And Reaching Inside, His Hand Touched A Stone-cold Face. The Lid Came Back Down With A Bang. Deciding To Investigate No Further, He Cleared A Place On The Floor, Stretched Out, And Went To Sleep. At Daybreak He Opened The Chest To See What Sort Of Corpse Had Been Keeping Him Company Through The Night And Found Instead A Stone Statue Of George Washington's Mother That Had Been Stored Away For Safekeeping.

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