[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from December 30 (reply #11).

December 31. This year and this decade will soon be among the shadows of past times. It seems scarce possible ten years have passed since we went out of the forties. They have been ten years of change. Two more have been given to me – the two little men whose portraits Ellie and I have just been admiring: God protect them both – and two more have been taken away, my mother and my father, since December 31, 1849.

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from December 31 (reply #3).

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas