 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
 | Thomas Dixon - 1913 - 620 pages
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 | Clark Prescott Bissett - 1916 - 74 pages
...believe you are a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix in politics with your profession, in which you are right....reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1916 - 532 pages
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 | Harris Dickson - Digital images - 1917 - 186 pages
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 | Sherwin Cody - Literature - 1917 - 404 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...yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable An Evening with Lincoln 311 quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 508 pages
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 | Rossiter Johnson - Secession - 1917 - 504 pages
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 | Reuben M. Wanamaker - 1918 - 384 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...confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm;... | |
 | William Charles Henry Wood - United States - 1921 - 480 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...indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, 19 within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during General Burnside's... | |
 | Allen Johnson - United States - 1921 - 460 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...indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, xo within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during General Burnside's... | |
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