 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 478 pages
...officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your saying that both the country and the army needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set themselves up as dictators. What I ask of... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 478 pages
...officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your saying that both the country and the army needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set themselves up as dictators. What I ask of... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 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...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is... | |
 | George Baylor - 1900 - 434 pages
...profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an [199] indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 276 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...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is... | |
 | Paul Selby - 1900 - 478 pages
...ambitions, and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong, both to the country, and a most meritorious and honorable brother officer....for this, but in spite of it, 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... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1901 - 264 pages
...soldier, which of course I like. I also believe that you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself,...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can be dictators. What I now ask of you is military... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 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...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is... | |
 | Henry Ketcham - 1901 - 516 pages
...yourself, which is a valuable, if not indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reason, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can be dictators! What I now ask of you is military... | |
 | Alexander Kelly McClure - 1901 - 476 pages
...as he did not think enough of it to relieve McClellan of his command. The President said to Hooker: "I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can be dictators. "What I now ask of you is military... | |
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Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe... 
