 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 460 pages
...in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 436 pages
...in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | John Richards Boyle - 1903 - 382 pages
...which within reasonable bounds docs good rather than harm. But I think that during General Kurnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard in such a way as to believe it of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | Oscar Browning - 1903 - 588 pages
...which, within reasonable bounds, does rather good than harm; but I think that during General Burnsido's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him ns much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable... | |
 | Emory Upton - 1904 - 538 pages
...in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1904 - 534 pages
...in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | 1914 - 542 pages
...in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. "You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but...the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. "I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | Emory Upton - 1904 - 532 pages
...in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but...of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition an<J thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most... | |
 | United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865) - 1905 - 866 pages
...in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but...a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. 1 have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Allen Rogers Benham - 1905 - 176 pages
...in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
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Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. 
