 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 606 pages
...Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things...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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 pages
...Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things...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... | |
 | Dale Carnegie - 1982 - 308 pages
...Potomac. Of course, I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which 1 am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course,... | |
 | Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones - 1991 - 788 pages
...well, Lincoln, upon his appointment, sent him a meticulous letter containing this remarkable statement: "There are some things in regard to which, I am not...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your protession,... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1972 - 1100 pages
...Potomac. Of course I have don« this upon what appears to me to be suf flcient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 1988 - 952 pages
...kind of missive that a wise father might write to his son. Hooker should know, wrote the president, "that there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you." In running down Burnside "you have taken counsel of your ambition ... in which you did a great wrong... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 2003 - 947 pages
...kind of missive that a wise father might write to his son. Hooker should know, wrote the president, "that there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you." n running down Burnside "you have taken counsel of your ambition . . in which you did a great wrong... | |
 | Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 418 pages
...Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things,...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and a skilful soldier, which, or course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - 1994 - 278 pages
...Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and a skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 724 pages
...commended his bravery, his military skill, and his confidence in himself. At the same time, he told Hooker, "there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you." He lamented Hooker's efforts to undermine confidence in Burnside and mentioned his "recently saying... | |
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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... 
