In Winter Quarters 



hereafter, so far as I can see, whether 

 old Henry weighed 180 pounds or 120; 

 whether he was tall or short; whether 

 dear old Patsy was blonde or brunette, 

 slight or stout, or whether they were 

 married on the Rappahannock or in 

 the Shenandoah Valley. The sun will 

 rise just the same tomorrow morning. 

 No information as to how Adam and 

 Eve looked is now obtainable. All we 

 know is a little something about their 

 dress, their diet and their immediate 

 descendants, and what we know of 

 some of the latter, such as Cain, Judas 

 Iscariot, Nero and Trotsky, tends 

 somewhat to frost any budding pride 

 of human ancestry. 



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