 | American essays - 1917 - 996 pages
...wrong to 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...it, that I have given you the command. Only those who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is success, and I will risk the dictatorship.... | |
 | Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris - United States - 1888 - 970 pages
...to believe it, of your recently saying that b and the Government needed a dictator. Of course it wa but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. generals who gain successes can set up dictators. Wl of you is military success, and I will risk the... | |
 | John William Jones - United States - 1879 - 402 pages
...counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong both to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable...Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government... | |
 | Theodore Ayrault Dodge - History - 1881 - 282 pages
...which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your...given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.... | |
 | Theodore Ayrault Dodge - History - 1881 - 294 pages
...which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your...it, that I have given you the command. Only those generaIs who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will... | |
 | North American review - 1887 - 668 pages
...command of the Army of the Potomac, wrote him, under date of January 26th, 1863, " I have heard in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that...generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." General Lee was a typical American,... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...wrong to 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...given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can be dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.... | |
 | Thomas Clement Fletcher - 1891 - 534 pages
...in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the Government needs a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in...generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." General Lee was a typical American,... | |
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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 can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support... 
