 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 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...sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories." It is possible that this letter may sound too severe in tone when read without the context. If, however,... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1895 - 78 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... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1895 - 348 pages
...turn upon you ; and 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.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1896 - 502 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. A "Hen.Pecked" Husband. When General Phelps took possession of Ship Island, near New Orleans, early... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1897 - 874 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...sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories." On the 4th of April, the President, accompanied by his wife, his youngest boy, a lad of ten years,... | |
 | John St. Loe Strachey - 1897 - 356 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...sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. It is possible that this letter may sound too severe in tone when read without the context. If, however,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 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...sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories." On the 4th of April, the President, accompanied by his wife, his youngest boy, a lad of ten years,... | |
 | 1899 - 848 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. Hooker had a manly heart, and the President's words appealed to the best that was in him. Noah Brooks... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 196 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. To Burnside July 27, 1863 [This telegram is noticeable for its brief but comprehensive description... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon - 1899 - 550 pages
...now turn upon you. 1 shall assist you so far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an...sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. — ABRAHAM LINCOLN : Letter to General Hooker. 84. Triteness Often a Form of "Fine Writing."— Inflated... | |
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... and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. 
