 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which,...wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honourable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that... | |
 | 1917 - 996 pages
...I am not quite satisfied with you. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which,...does good rather than harm; but I think that during your predecessor's command, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you... | |
 | 1894 - 1228 pages
...now become historic; then it had not been made I'ublic. As Hooker read on, he came to this sentence : You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think during Burnside's command of the army you took counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as... | |
 | Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris - 1888 - 970 pages
...think that during General Burnside's command you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the ci a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I h such way as to believe it, of your recently... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 228 pages
...profession — in. which you arc right. You have confidence in yourself — which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious — which,...the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1880 - 212 pages
...profession — ia which you are right. You have confidence in yourself — which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious — which,...the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 218 pages
...profession — in. which you arc right. You have confidence in yourself — which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious — which,...you did a great wrong to the country, and to a most meritoriousand honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 196 pages
...yourself — which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious — which, wTithin reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but...the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | John William Jones - 1879 - 402 pages
...profession, in which you arc right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within...much as you could, in which you did a great wrong both to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard in such way... | |
 | Third Army Corps Union, John Cleveland Robinson - 1881 - 48 pages
...profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within...and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator.... | |
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I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable quality. You... 
