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" I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes... "
Love, Life & Work: Being a Book of Opinions, Reasonably Good-natvred ... - Page 54
by Elbert Hubbard - 1906 - 149 pages
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A History of the Army of the Potomac

James Henry Stine - 1893 - 916 pages
...spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success,...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence...
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Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2

John Torrey Morse - 1893 - 396 pages
...spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success,...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 2

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 854 pages
...course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now...do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence...
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Abraham Lincoln, the First American

David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 250 pages
...course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now...do, for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence...
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Abraham Lincoln, the First American

David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 248 pages
...this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain euccesses can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military...do, for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence...
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Complete Works, Volume 12

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 428 pages
...Letter to Gen. Hunter, Dec. 31, 1801, vol. V'II, p. 70. MILITARY SUCCESSES WANTED Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. Letter to Gen. Hooker, Jan. 20, l80J, vol. VilI, p. 207. No HOLIDAYS IN WAR TIMES War does not admit...
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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 - 574 pages
...that I have given you the command ; only those generals who can succeed, can set up as dictators ; and what I now ask of you is military success, and I will...the dictatorship. The Government will support you with all the determination of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it will do for all commanders...
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Complete Works, Volume 7

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 394 pages
...course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military successes, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability,...
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Wit, Wisdom and Eloquence of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including Eloquent ...

Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 346 pages
...course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military successes, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability,...
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The Heart of Oak Books, Volume 6

Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain sure-esses can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military...less than it has done and will do for all commanders. 1 much fear that the spirit, which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander...
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