 Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe...  Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle - Page 7by Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 398 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | William Henry Powell - 1895 - 1076 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that, during General Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. 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.... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that, during General Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. . I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1895 - 348 pages
...that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition solely, and thwarted him as much as you could ; in which you...and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your saying that both the country and the army needed a dictator. Of course... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1895 - 78 pages
...that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition to thwart him as much as you could — in which you did a great...and honorable brother officer. 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.... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1895 - 372 pages
...Burnside's command of the army you took counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, iu which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. Here Hooker stopped, and vehemently said: " The President is mistaken. I never thwarted Burnside in... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1897 - 874 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. 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.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1896 - 502 pages
...ambitious—which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel...the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brotherofficer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. 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.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 196 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. 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.... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon - 1899 - 790 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that, during General Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. 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.... | |
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