“There is nothing like writing to make a man exact. In all seriousness, I would advise you often to use the pen in rendering an account to yourself of the attainments you have made. It has been the mistake of my life that I have written so little. Learn from my experience.” — James H. Thornwell, Aug. 24, 1853 Letter to Thomas E. Peck in Benjamin M. Palmer, The Life and Letters of James Henley Thornwell (1875), p. 374