There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
World history is tragic.
The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute.
The entire world is a witness to the phenomenon that sorrows keep away from the kindhearted and compassionate.
Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things.
Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?
Great were the lamentation and the cry when the news of this mischance was noised about the city. Such a tumult of mourning was never before heard, for the whole city was moved.
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.