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... Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle - Page 7by Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 398 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1915 - 218 pages
...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 military...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
...but in spite of it, that I have [40] given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes 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 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
...that botli the army and the Government needed a dictator. * * * 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. * * * I much fear that the spirit, which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their... | |
| Harris Dickson - 1917 - 186 pages
...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 success can...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
...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 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
...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 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... | |
| Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 284 pages
...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 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... | |
| Clarence Edward Noble Macartney - 1925 - 256 pages
...spite of this, 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,...The government will support you to the utmost of its [141] ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all its commanders.... | |
| National Republican club inc - 1927 - 408 pages
...those generals who gain successes can set up dictators," and added, with a humor as grim as death, "what I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." If the General did not tear up his commission when he read that letter it was because he was brave... | |
| William Eleazar Barton - 1928 - 48 pages
...to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. . . What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship" — is it wise to say that? "The spirit which you have aided to infuse into the Army will now turn... | |
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