"So that, from point to point, now have you heard
The fundamental reasons of this war;
Whose great decision hath much blood let forth,
And more thirsts after."--SHAKESPEARE.
The doctor brought me a small pocket memorandum-book, thinking that I
would require many notes.
"Now," said he, "where shall we begin? You remember October fifty-nine?"
"Yes."
"What date?"
"Eighteenth; the papers contained an account of John Brown's seizure of
Harper's Ferry."
"And you know nothing of the termination of the Brown episode?"
"Nothing."