 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 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. XXXII LETTER TO GENERAL GRANT July 13, 1863. My dear General : I do not remember that you and I ever... | |
 | Henry Ketcham - 1901 - 516 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." The first effect of this letter was to subdue the fractious spirit of the fighter. He said, " That... | |
 | Herman Haupt - 1901 - 354 pages
...upon you. I shall assist you, as far as I can, to put it down. Neither you, nor Napoleon, if he was alive again, could get any good out of an army while...and give us victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. On his assuming command of the army, I addressed the following letter to General Hooker : WASHINGTON,... | |
 | Marshall Everett - 1901 - 568 pages
...of the results of what he denominated "swashing around." This was one of his telegrams to Hooker : "And now, beware of rashness; beware of rashness,...sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories." Victories were the things Lincoln wanted, and when a general won a fight none was more prompt with... | |
 | Alexander Kelly McClure - 1901 - 476 pages
...fearful of the results of what he denominated "swashing around." This was one of his telegrams to Hooker: "And now, beware of rashness; beware of rashness,...sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories." HIS FAITH IN THE MONITOR. When the Confederate iron-clad Merrimac was sent against the Union vessels... | |
 | John George Nicolay - 1902 - 604 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." Perhaps the most remarkable thing in this letter is the evidence it gives how completely the genius... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 482 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." General Hooker received this rebuke and admonition in the spirit in which it was offered; he recognized... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon - 1902 - 444 pages
...now turn upon you. I 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...energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.—ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Letter to General Hooker. 106. The Suggestive Power of Words.—Most... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon - 1902 - 442 pages
...now turn upon you. I 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 army while suoh a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless... | |
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... and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. 
