Daily Dialogue — May 20, 2011
“Tommorrow we goes into battle, so Lordy, let me fight with the rifle in one hand, and the Good Book in the other. So that if I may die at the muzzle of the rifle… die on water, or on land, I may know that you blessed Jesus almighty are with me… and I have no fear.”
— Jupiter Sharts (Jihmi Kennedy), Glory (1989), screenplay by Kevin Jarre, based on books written by Lincoln Kirstein and Peter Burchard
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is prayers suggested by Francisco Magdaraog. Glory suggested by Phil H.
Trivia: Very early in the movie there is a scene of Union soldiers playing baseball. While there remains considerable dispute about exactly when, where and how the sport was invented, there is no question that the Civil War itself had a significant role in the rapid growth of the sport, as it became a popular pastime for soldiers on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line who spread it around the country. Incidentally, Union general Abner Doubleday once was credited with inventing baseball but that theory has long been discredited.
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