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... Abraham Lincoln - 287 psl.autoriai: Henry Bryan Binns - 1907 - 379 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| Edwin C. Fishel - 1996 - 764 psl.
...to believe it, of your recendy saying that both the Army and the Government needed a dictator. . . . Only those generals who gain successes can set up...ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship."0 Hooker's estimation of his own abilities was not without foundation. He had made a... | |
| Walter H. Hebert - 1999 - 396 psl.
...and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the...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... | |
| David J Eicher - 2002 - 992 psl.
...an aggressive fighter who had some strategic vision. "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," he wrote Hooker on January 26. "Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given... | |
| Eliot A. Cohen - 2002 - 312 psl.
...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 the Army and the...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... | |
| George Walsh - 2003 - 502 psl.
...which you did a great wrong to the country, and to a meritorious and honorable brother officer. ... Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command."" Hooker would be Lee's fifth foe since taking command — McClellan, Pope, McClellan again, and now... | |
| Eugene C. Tidball - 2002 - 594 psl.
...great wrong to his country. "I have heard, in such a way as to believe it," the president went on, "of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. Of course it was not^or this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes,... | |
| G. S. Boritt - 2001 - 356 psl.
...because of these and other political utterances but was going to entrust him with the command anyway. "What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship," he said, and he went on to urge: "Beware of rashness, but with energy, sleepless vigilance, go forward,... | |
| Herman Hattaway - 2004 - 272 psl.
...to the country, and to a most meritorious brother officer. I hear, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. As commander in chief Lincoln was far from perfect. At times he allowed his generals too much discretion... | |
| Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga - 2003 - 852 psl.
...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 the Army and the...course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that 1 have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes, can set up dictators. What I... | |
| Greg Ward - 2004 - 436 psl.
...man, and I am his the rest of the war.' fifi I have heard of your recently saying that both Army and Government needed a Dictator. Of course it was not...in spite of it, that I have given you the command . . . What I ask of you now is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. Abraham Lincoln,... | |
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