 I suppose the whole force which has gone forward for you is with you by this time. And if so. I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay, the enemy will relatively gain upon you — that is, he will gain faster by fortifications...  Abraham Lincoln: A History - Page 364by John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890Full view - About this book
 | 1863 - 856 pages
...has gone forward far you is with you by this time; and, if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively gain upon you; that is, ho will gain faster by fortifications and reinforcements than you can by reinforcements alone. As to... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 848 pages
...gone forward for you is with you by this time ; and, if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively...that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and reénforcementl than you can by reinforcements alone. And, once more, let me tell you it is indispensable... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 426 pages
...has gone forward for you is with you by this time. And, if so, I think it ia the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively...fortifications and reinforcements than you can by reinforcements alone. And once more let me tell you, it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow.... | |
 | William Henry Hurlbert - History - 1864 - 324 pages
...which has gone forward for you is with you by this time, and if so, I think it is the precise time to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively...fortifications and reinforcements^ than you can by reinforcements alone. And once more let me tell you it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow.... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 498 pages
...which has gone forward for you is with you by this time, and if so, I think it is the precise time to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively...fortifications and reinforcements, than you can by reinforcements alone. And once more, let me tell you, it is indispensable to you that you strike a... | |
 | William Henry Hurlbert - 1864 - 344 pages
...which has gone forward for you is with you by this time, and if so, I think it is the precise time to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively...fortifications and reinforcements, than you can by reinforcements alone. And once more let me tell you it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow.... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...has gone forward for you is with you by this time. And if so. I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay, the enemy will relatively...faster by fortifications and reinforcements than you cnn by ree'nforcements alone. And onl;e more let me tell you, it is indispensable to you that you strike... | |
 | William Swinton - United States - 1864 - 54 pages
...at once. They will probably use time as advantageously you can." So again, three days afterward : " By delay, the enemy will relatively gain upon you...fortifications and reinforcements, than you can by reinforcements alone." Never was utterance more prophetic ; for, says General Magruder, in his official... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...has gone forward for you is with you by this time. And if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay, the enemy will relatively...that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and re-enforcoments than you can by re-enforcements alone. And once more let me tell you, it is indispensable... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...gone forward for you, is with you by this time ; and, if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay, the enemy will relatively...that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and reenforcements than you can by reenforoements alone. And once more let me tell you, it is indispensable... | |
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