 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1895 - 348 pages
...given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set themselves up as dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the...more nor less than it has done and will do for all its commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising... | |
 | 1895 - 630 pages
...spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." Hooker accepted this pointed admonition like a true soldier. His answer was : " He talks to me like... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1895 - 78 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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1897 - 874 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1896 - 502 pages
...this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those Generals who win victories 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 tne army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence... | |
 | John St. Loe Strachey - 1897 - 356 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 196 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... | |
 | James Schouler - 1899 - 686 pages
...that both the army and the government needed a dictator. He warned Hooker to beware of rashness. " What I now ask of you is military success, and I will...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... | |
 | Clement Anselm Evans - 1899 - 464 pages
...spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success,...has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear the spirit you have aided to infuse into the army of criticising their commander and withholding confidence... | |
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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... 
