 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
 | James Henry Stine - 1893 - 916 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 him as... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 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 Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambitions, and thwarted him as... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1893 - 394 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 Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as... | |
 | Charles E. Davis - 1893 - 570 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 Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as... | |
 | David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 250 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 him as... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 782 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 Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 394 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...profession — in which you are right. You have confidence — which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable... | |
 | David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 248 pages
...reads as follows : "EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, ] January 26, 1863. j "MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER: 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... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 346 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 with your profession^-in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself—which is valuable, if not an... | |
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