 You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General 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...  Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle - Page 7by Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 398 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Samuel Penniman Bates - 1882 - 280 pages
...which I am not quite 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...does good rather than harm. But I think that during General Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as... | |
 | Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris - 1883 - 1012 pages
...to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix polities with your profession, in which you are right. You...does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General Buruside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - 1884 - 716 pages
...which I am not quite 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...does good rather than harm. But I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambitions, and thwarted him as... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1884 - 536 pages
...which I am not quite 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...does good rather than harm. But I think that during General Bnrnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambitions, and thwarted him as... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1884 - 540 pages
...which I am not quite 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...does good rather than harm. But I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambitions, and thwarted him as... | |
 | United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 36th (1862-1865) - 1884 - 432 pages
...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 you do not mix politics...does good rather than harm. But I think that, during General Bum-aide's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1884 - 538 pages
...believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mi* politics with your profession, in which you are right....does good rather than harm. But I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambitions, and thwarted him as... | |
 | 1887 - 668 pages
...which I am not quite 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...does good rather than harm, but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted h™ as... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1887 - 834 pages
...quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. 1 also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,...confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm:... | |
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