A little self-obsessed, are you? John & Marianna Smoot wrote: > Cousin Alvis - > > Thanks for the reminder of how the retribution towards the South after > Lincoln's death and the catastrophe of the War Between the States has > affected all of us, even to the present. > > Marianna > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Reb612000@aol.com> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 8:59 PM > Subject: [HANCOCK-L] (no subject) > > > In view of the great tragedy of the past week-----I'd like to quote the > last > > few lines > > of a poem written by Herman Melville after the death of Lincoln: > > > > There is a sobbing of the strong > > And a pall upon the land; > > And the people, in their weeping, > > Bare the iron hand, > > Beware the people weeping, > > When they bare the iron hand. > > > > Alvis > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > If you would like to submit HANCOCK Census records, Wills > > or other documents to be posted on our Project Page, > > contact: JuliaFWood@aol.com > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > This is a closed list. This means that unless > you are subscribed to the list, you can't post > messages.