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Theodore Lyman

Theodore Lyman Quotes

Total quotes: 3

Theodore Lyman

Birthname

AKA: Theodore Lyman

Birthday: November 23, 1874

Death: October 11, 1954

Educated At: Harvard University

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: University Teacher, Physicist

Total quotes: 3

“A shell exploded in front of him while writing. Glanced up, went back to writing. A shell decapitated a horse next to him while he was looking through field glasses. He kept his eyes on the front.

Ulysses don't scare worth a drama.”

— Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox

Tagged: Nerve

“Grant doing a photoshoot with Matthew Brady midafternoon. Brady sends an assistant upstairs to cover the skylight. He slips and shatters the light. Shards of glass two inches thick fall exactly where Grant is sitting. Each one could have killed him. Brady looks over. Grant hasn't moved. He is unhurt. Grant, silences up, then back at the camera as if nothing noteworthy had happened.

Brady: 'The most remarkable display of nerve I ever witnessed.'”

— Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox

Tagged: Nerve

“The only man who, at the first shock, ran towards the scene of terror was Grant... which shows his kind of character very well.”

— Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox

Tagged: Nerve, Responsibility

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