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" ... and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. "
The North American Review - Page 105
1887
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A History of the Army of the Potomac

James Henry Stine - 1893 - 916 pages
...now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an...spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN....
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Abraham Lincoln, the First American

David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 248 pages
...now turn upon you. I shall assist you, as far as I can, to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an...give us victories. " Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN." THREE "BORES." ONE day when Mr. Lincoln was alone and busily engaged he was disturbed by the intrusion...
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Military Essays and Recollections: Papers Read Before the Commandery of the ...

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Illinois - 1894 - 576 pages
...turn against you. I shall assist you, as far as I can, to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an...and give us victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. But the President and the country were doomed to bitter disappointment. From our encampments on Stafford...
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Abraham Lincoln, the First American

David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 250 pages
...now turn upon you. I shall assist you, as far as I can, to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an...give us victories. " Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN." THREE "BORES." ONE day when Mr. Lincoln was alone and busily engaged he was disturbed by the intrusion...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 2

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 782 pages
...now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an...and give us victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. January 28, 1863. — MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. To the Senate and House of Representatives : In conformity...
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Complete Works, Volume 7

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 394 pages
...shall assist you, so far as I can, to put it down. Neither you, nor Napoleon, if he were alive, can get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails...sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories." This letter has, in my judgment, no parallel. The mistaken magnanimity is almost equal to the prophecy:...
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Three Years in the Army: The Story of the Thirteenth Massachusetts ...

Charles E. Davis - 1894 - 564 pages
...turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if lie were alive again, could get any good out of an army...rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and a sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. A good deal of...
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The Table Talk of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 182 pages
...communicated knowledge of the fact to me as well as to her." iETTER TO GEN. JOSEPH HOOKER, JAN. 26, 1863. " And now, beware of rashness, — beware of rashness...sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories ! " • LETTER TO THE WORKINGMEN OF MANCHESTER, ENG., FEB. 9, 1863. " A fair examination of history...
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Wit, Wisdom and Eloquence of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including Eloquent ...

Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 346 pages
...as I can, to put it down. Neither you, nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, can get any good out'of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness. Be ware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories." This...
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The Fifth Army Corps (Army of the Potomac): A Record of Operations During ...

William Henry Powell - 1895 - 1076 pages
...now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an...give us victories. " Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." There are but few men who would willingly have accepted the command of an army under such aspersions...
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