 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
 | William Henry Powell - 1895 - 1076 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... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1895 - 348 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...confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm.... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1895 - 78 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... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1895 - 372 pages
...historic; then it had not been made public. As Hooker read on, he came to this sentence: You are ambitions, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think during Burnside's command of the army you took counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1897 - 874 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 - 1896 - 502 pages
...which I am not qnite 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 a valuable, if not... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 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 - 1899 - 196 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... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon - 1899 - 498 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... | |
 | Clement Anselm Evans - 1899 - 464 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... | |
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