 I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course,...  Congressional Serial Set - Page 3931916Full view - About this book
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 626 pages
...you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you...General Burnside's command of the army you have taken council of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 606 pages
...you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you...General Burnside's command of the army you have taken council of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1906 - 340 pages
...and skilful soldier, .J IN GENERAL MCCLELLAN S TENT which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you...General Burnside's command of the army you have taken council of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the... | |
 | Samuel Livingston French - History - 1906 - 382 pages
...you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you...does good rather than harm ; but I think that during Gen eral Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as... | |
 | Newton Martin Curtis - New York (State) - 1906 - 446 pages
...gained the reputation of being one of the wisest and best rulers in the world's history, is reproduced : "I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition, thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious... | |
 | George Clifford Thomas - Private libraries - 1907 - 102 pages
...you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you...does good rather than harm. But I think that during Gen. Burnside's command of the Army, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much... | |
 | Charles Richardson - Chancellorsville (Va.), Battle of, 1863 - 1907 - 146 pages
...soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your pro56 fession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm;... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1908 - 214 pages
...you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you...rather than harm; but I think that during General Bumside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you... | |
 | Joseph Gould - Pennsylvania - 1908 - 496 pages
...you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you...does good rather than harm. But I think that during Gen. Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 148 pages
...you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, , in which you are right. You have confidence Rashly in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which,... | |
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