The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... military success , and I will risk the dictatorship . " To the complaining General Hunter he admonished , “ He who does something at the head of one Regiment , will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred . " In a gentler ...
... military success , and I will risk the dictatorship . " To the complaining General Hunter he admonished , “ He who does something at the head of one Regiment , will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred . " In a gentler ...
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... military emancipation , I forbade it , be- cause I did not then think it an indispensable necessity . When , a little later , General Cameron , then Secretary of War , suggested the arming of the blacks , I objected because I did not ...
... military emancipation , I forbade it , be- cause I did not then think it an indispensable necessity . When , a little later , General Cameron , then Secretary of War , suggested the arming of the blacks , I objected because I did not ...
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... master - General concerning the military officers on duty about Washington is received . The general's letter in substance demands of me that if I approve the remarks I shall strike the names of those of- [ 232 ] To Edwin M Stanton.
... master - General concerning the military officers on duty about Washington is received . The general's letter in substance demands of me that if I approve the remarks I shall strike the names of those of- [ 232 ] To Edwin M Stanton.
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