human
So it's _you_!
gpt
My little Cabinet comforter----
human
I'm afraid I'll be no good to-day,
gpt
Then I'll cheer _you_, he cried.
human
I just wanted to thank the woman who's been standing behind a lemonade counter through this desolate day giving her time, her money, and her soul to our discouraged boys----
gpt
And you are not discouraged?
human
Not by a long shot, my child! Brush those tears away. Jeffy D.'s the man to be discouraged to-day. This will be a dearly bought victory. Mark my word. For the South it's the glorious end of the war. While they shout, I'll be sawing wood. It needed just this shock and humiliation to bring the North to their senses. Watch them buckle on their armor now in deadly earnest. The demagogues howled for a battle. They pushed us in and they got it. Some of the Congressmen who yelled the loudest for a march straight into Richmond without a pause even to water the horses got tangled up in that stampede from Bull Run. They thought Jeb Stuart's cavalry were on them and lost their lunch baskets in the scramble. They've seen a great light. I'll get all the money I ask Congress for and all the soldiers we need for any length of time. I've asked for four hundred million dollars and five hundred thousand men for three years. I shouldn't be surprised if they voted more. The people will have sense enough to see that this defeat was exactly what they should have expected under such conditions.
gpt
You're wonderful, Mr. President, the girl cried in rapt tones.
human
Now I know that you have come into the kingdom for such a time as this.
gpt
And so have you, my child, he answered reverently.
human
And so has every brave woman who loves this Union. That's what I wanted to say to you and thank you for your example.