...THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION;...

We are free to choose our actions, based on our knowledge of correct principles, but we are not free to choose the consequences of those actions.

Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.

What’s ka?” Eddie’s voice was truculent. “I never heard of it. Except if you say it twice you come out with the baby word for shit.