 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...  The Battle of Chancellorsville - Page 18by Samuel Penniman Bates - 1882 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1912 - 538 pages
...that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. ..." The situation of the Confederacy was at this time, however the glamour of Lee's victory may have blinded... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1912 - 542 pages
...that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. ..." The situation of the Confederacy was at this time, however the glamour of Lee's victory may have blinded... | |
 | John Codman Ropes - 1913 - 360 pages
...spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success...to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more iior less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have... | |
 | Rose Strunsky - 1914 - 392 pages
...dictatorship, that Lincoln decided to try him. He sent him a characteristic letter ending with, " What I ask of you is military success and I will risk the dictatorship." Hooker brought neither success nor the much-talkedof dictatorship. He met Lee in May at Chancellorsville... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1915 - 218 pages
...to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. 20 Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it,...government will support you to the utmost of its ability, 25 which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that... | |
 | Clark Prescott Bissett - 1916 - 74 pages
...government needed a dictator. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have [40] given you the command. Only those generals who gain...to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more or less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit that you have... | |
 | Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 590 pages
...believe it, of your recently saying that botli the army and the Government needed a dictator. * * * Only those generals who gain successes can set up...military success and I will risk the dictatorship. * * * I much fear that the spirit, which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their... | |
 | Harris Dickson - 1917 - 186 pages
...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military...to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more or less than it will do for all commanders. I much fear the spirit which you have aided to infuse into... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1921 - 136 pages
...are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also...now ask of you is military success, and I will risk dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability , which is neither more... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 252 pages
...are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship «» C. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less... | |
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