 | David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 250 pages
...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 military success, and I will...spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 394 pages
...those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military successes, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will...spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence in him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 346 pages
...those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military successes, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will...utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less thon it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 428 pages
...V'II, p. 70. MILITARY SUCCESSES WANTED 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. Letter to Gen. Hooker, Jan. 20, l80J, vol. VilI, p. 207. No HOLIDAYS IN WAR TIMES War does not admit... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1895 - 78 pages
...those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military successes, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will...spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence in him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist... | |
 | William Henry Powell - 1895 - 1076 pages
...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 military success, and I will...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain sure-esses can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will...less than it has done and will do for all commanders. 1 much fear that the spirit, which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1895 - 348 pages
...given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set themselves up as dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the...more nor less than it has done and will do for all its commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising... | |
 | 1895 - 630 pages
...it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." Hooker accepted this pointed admonition like a true soldier. His answer was : " He talks to me like... | |
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I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government 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 successes... 
