Carolina QuotesNever take counsel of your fears.
Andrew Jackson Carolinian
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Quoted as "a favorite maxim" of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson in Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson by His Widow, Mary Anna Jackson, Prentice Press/Courier Journal, 1895; ch. XIII p. 264 archive.org. — Without any reference to Jackson in: Conversations of Our Club. Brownson's Quarterly Review, October 1858. p. 459 books.google
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- 1858
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- p. 264
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“Never take counsel of your fears.” Andrew Jackson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-D8694917AE. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/d8694917ae
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