Remember tomorrow that the origins of Thanksgiving- as a truly national holiday- came from the work of Sarah Hale and Abraham Lincoln. A nation gave thanks to God as it mourned the Union dead and prayed for the defeat of the Confederacy by either changing rebel minds or bringing them to submission.

There are two kinds of books: one for making a living and the other for nourishing the heart. Reading just for a living isn't real reading but learning. True reading is to nourish and seek the heart, finding great use in what seems useless. Understanding this is real reading.