Knute Nelson Quotes

Knute Nelson — American Politician born on February 02, 1843, died on April 28, 1923

Knute Nelson, also known as Knud Evanger was a Norwegian-American attorney and politician active in both Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota, and he served as the 12th Governor of Minnesota. He was the first Scandinavian-born American to be elected to the Senate... (wikipedia)

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong; it is necessary to see such things with a broad mind in order to oppose them.

Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi.

Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie.

The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.

Knute Nelson Quotes

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