 | Dale Carnegie - 1982 - 308 pages
...now turn upon you. 1 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 army while such spirit prevails in it, and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless... | |
 | Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones - 1991 - 788 pages
...dictatorship."17 Hooker also received from the President a general charge: to seek "military success" but "beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with...sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories." Lincoln in a sense was echoing his earlier instructions to Burnside to "be cautious," and, though victories... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1972 - 1100 pages
...now turn upon yon. I shall assist yon 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. GENERAL ORDERS, > HDQRS. ARMY OP THE POTOMAC, No. 9. ) Camp near Falmouth, Va., January 26, 1863. By... | |
 | Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 418 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 Noah Brooks, a close friend of the President, happened to be present at Hooker's headquarters when... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...1961.— Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, p. 312. 1873 Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories. President ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to General Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863.— The Collected Works... | |
 | Stephen B. Oates - 2009 - 242 pages
...men deserved better than that handsome incompetent. "Beware of rashness," Lincoln admonished Hooker, "but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward, and give us victories." When Hooker promised to go forward, talking grandiosely about what he would do once he captured Richmond,... | |
 | Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - 1994 - 278 pages
...set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. . . . And now, beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but...sleepless vigilance, go forward, and give us victories. There was nothing political about Hooker's appointment. Hooker's biographer was not able to determine... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - 1996 - 208 pages
...Abraham Lincoln, v. 5, p. 240. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). Neither you, nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army, while such a spirit [of division] prevails in it. Letter to General Joseph Hooker, Jan 26, 1863, reprinted in Collected... | |
 | Michael Burlingame - 1997 - 418 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 army, while such a spirit prevails in it. Lincoln concluded with a rousing injunction: "And now, beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but... | |
 | Jay Monaghan - 1997 - 538 pages
...order. "On to Richmond !" His great army began to move. Lincoln's redheaded Apollo was in the saddle. "Beware of rashness but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and bring us victories." Lincoln considered joining the troops himself. Then Seward came scampering to... | |
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... and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. 
