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" 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... "
Love, Life & Work: Being a Book of Opinions, Reasonably Good-natvred ... - Page 54
by Elbert Hubbard - 1906 - 149 pages
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Lincoln ...: A Brief Biographical Sketch of Lincoln, Fitting Appreciations ...

Edward Harold Mott - 1909 - 62 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,...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence...
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Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals Under ...

1949 - 1356 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,...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commanders and withholding confidence...
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The Civil War, Volume 3

James Irvin Robertson (Jr.) - 1913 - 354 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...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence...
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Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 3

James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 940 pages
...this, but iu spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain suecesses can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence...
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Abraham Lincoln: A Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings

Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 pages
...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of it's ability, which is neither more nor less than it has...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the Army, of criticising their Commander, and withholding confidence...
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How To Win Friends And Influence People

Dale Carnegie - 1982 - 308 pages
...in spite of it, that I have given you command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence...
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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union ...

United States. War Department - 1972 - 1100 pages
...Government needed a dictator.. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given yon the command. Only those generals who gain successes...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence...
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Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle

Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 418 pages
...not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you command. Only those generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the Army, of criticising their Commander, and withholding confidence...
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The Living Lincoln: The Man and His Times, in His Own Words

Abraham Lincoln, Paul McClelland Angle, Earl Schenck Miers - 1992 - 692 pages
...honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that 535 both the army and the government needed a dictator....do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander, and withholding confidence...
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Why the North Won the Civil War

David Herbert Donald - 1996 - 132 pages
...was very likely valid, but Lincoln would not have made it. When he wrote to Hooker, it was to say: "I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of...than it has done and will do for all commanders." Just as Davis could not really work with other Confederate leaders, so also he could scarcely even...
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