 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising...withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit... | |
 | John William Jones - 1879 - 402 pages
...ability, %vhich is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear the spirit you have aided to infuse into the army...confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall 3O2 MEMORIAL VOLUME. assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were... | |
 | John Lindsay Swift - 1880 - 218 pages
...Commission as Lieutenant General. CHAPTER VII. CLOSING THE GAPS. " I MUCH fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withdrawing confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1884 - 538 pages
...that I have given you a command. Only those generals who gain success can set up as dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the...Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good ont of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now, beware of rashness! Beware of rashness!... | |
 | 1887 - 668 pages
...more nor less than it has done, and will do, for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising...as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, u he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1887 - 834 pages
...more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which yon have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising...as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, were he alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1888 - 574 pages
...neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising...as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, were he alive again, could get any good out of any army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 818 pages
...neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising...as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, were he alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now,... | |
 | 1888 - 334 pages
...neither more nor less than it has done, and will do for all commanders, I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising...shall assist you, as far as I can, to put it down. Netther you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit... | |
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Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and... 
