 | Harris Dickson - 1917 - 186 pages
...all commanders. I much fear the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him, will 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... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 494 pages
...done and will do for all commanders. I nuch fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse nto the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon rou. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, ould get any good out of an army while such... | |
 | United States Naval Institute - 1918 - 1632 pages
...conditions in the Army of the Potomac that Lincoln wrote to Hooker: " I much fear the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander, and withholding their confidence from him, will now turn upon you. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again,... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1921 - 136 pages
...the spirit that you have aided in infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and witholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall...put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were 80 alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware... | |
 | Grant Martin Overton - 1921 - 390 pages
...commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him,...will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as 1 can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an... | |
 | Philander Priestley Claxton, James McGinniss - 1921 - 392 pages
...Allan Poe. 4. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him, will 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... | |
 | Grant Martin Overton - 1921 - 486 pages
...commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him, will 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,... | |
 | Anna Maria Rose Wright - 1925 - 472 pages
...commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him,...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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1926 - 544 pages
...commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have decided to infuse into the army of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him,...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... | |
 | Frederick Trevor Hill - 1928 - 320 pages
...dictatorship. ... I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him...you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it FIKHT DRAFT, IN' LXITCOLN's HANDWBITINO, OF A BILL FOB COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES IN DELAWABB... | |
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Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and... 
