has never seen better soldiers than those who followed Lee; and their leader will undoubtedly rank, without exception, the very greatest of all the great Captains that the English speaking peoples have brought forth... Jamestown Tributes and Toasts - Page 1801907 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
| Southern Historical Society - 1897 - 800 pages
...around their waists with strands of rope." Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, in his life of Benton, "The world has never seen better soldiers than those...as, without any exception, the very greatest of all great captains that the English speaking peoples have brought forth; and this, although the last and... | |
| Southern Historical Society - 1897 - 800 pages
...waists with strands of rope." Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, in his life of Benton, says: ' ' The world has never seen better soldiers than those...as, without any exception, the very greatest of all great captains that the English speaking peoples have brought forth ; and this, although the last and... | |
| William Josiah McMurray - 1904 - 596 pages
...history." The present chief magistrate of this country, Theodore Roosevelt, wrote twelve years ago, "The world has never seen better soldiers than those...as, without any exception, the very greatest of all great captains that the English-speaking people have brought forth." (See "Life of Benton," page 38.)... | |
| William Josiah McMurray - 1904 - 588 pages
...known, and the greater of these was General Lee, America's greatest man, as I understand history." soldiers than those who followed Lee, and their leader...as, without any exception, the very greatest of all great captains that the English-speaking people have brought forth." (See "Life of Benton," page 38.)... | |
| Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1906 - 336 pages
...ideals of our living present ("Life of Thomas H. Bentcn," by Theodore Roosevelt, page 38) : He [Lee] was without any exception the very greatest of all the...English-speaking peoples have brought forth — and that although the last and chief of all his antagonists may claim to stand as the full equal of Marlborough... | |
| Thomas Edward Watson - 1907 - 868 pages
...Collier's. In Honor of General Lee. In one of his books, "The Life of Thomas H. Benton," Mr. Roosevelt says: "The world has never seen better soldiers than those...English-speaking peoples have brought forth — and this, ROBERT E. LEE, JR., WHO WITH HIS SISTER ATTENDED THE EXERCISES AT RICHMOND. although the last and chief... | |
| John Richard Deering - 1907 - 198 pages
...right." President Roosevelt, in his life of Thomas H. Benton, says : "The world has never seen batter soldiers than those who followed Lee, and their leader will undoubtedly rank as without exception the very greatest of all the great captains that the English-speaking people have ever brought... | |
| Thomas Edward Watson - 1910 - 628 pages
...cap he is wearing the "favor" of Theodore Roosevelt is not by any means the only man who has said, "The world has never seen better soldiers than those who followed Lee." You will not censure me for being intensely proud of the fact that my WM. M. WATSON Died Dec. 8, 1863... | |
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