Just a part of a speech given by Rev. Robert L. Dabney, for a time Chief of Staff for Stonewall Jackson. Dabney was a Presbyterian theologian, seminary teacher, pastor and author of books on theology, philosophy, ethics, history, and political economy.

This is just a small piece from a speech given on June 15, 1882 at the annual Commencment of Hampden Sidney College in Virginia. The speech is great. Perhaps it is on the net?

".....it is essential to your own future that you shall learn the history of the past truly."