 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1916 - 532 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, which is a valuable, if not indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm;... | |
 | Harris Dickson - 1917 - 186 pages
...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,...rather than harm ; but I think that during General Burnside 's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1917 - 404 pages
...skilful 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 An Evening with Lincoln 311 quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1917 - 504 pages
...skilful 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 indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm;... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 508 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, which is a valuable, if not indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm;... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1921 - 460 pages
...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,...indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, xo within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during General Burnside's... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 450 pages
...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 1s not indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather... | |
 | Francis Kingsley Ball - 1923 - 488 pages
...(as in the fifth example) : 1. The black prince desired me to come to him, which I did. — DEFOE. 2. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm LINCOLN. 3. I am a wise fellow, and, what is more, an officer. 4. He was a Frenchman, as we could tell... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 566 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, within...bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that, *The original of this letter was sold at auction in the autumn of 1924. The Library of Congress sent... | |
 | Anna Maria Rose Wright - 1925 - 472 pages
...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 indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds does rather good than harm,... | |
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I believe you to be a brave and skilful 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 are... 
