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" I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustain you, so far as, in my most anxious judgment, I consistently can. But you must act. "
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union ... - Page 15
by United States. War Dept - 1884
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln

Charles Maltby - California - 1884 - 340 pages
...his complaints, and closing by saying : "I beg to assure you that I never have written to you, nor spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustain you, but you must act." On the 30th of April General McClellan called upon the War Department for Parrott...
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Lincoln and Stanton: A Study of the War Administration of 1861 and 1862 ...

William Darrah Kelley - United States - 1885 - 110 pages
...present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated. " I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken...But you must act. " Yours very truly, " A. LINCOLN." Though this letter does not name Mr. Stanton, it is his thorough vindication, and illustrates to the...
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The Great Contest: A History of Military and Naval Operations During the ...

Willis C. Humphrey - United States - 1886 - 720 pages
...intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated. I beg to assure you that I have never written to you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling...than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustain you as far as in my most anxious judgment I consistently can. But you must act. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN....
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 46

Religion - 1887 - 618 pages
...intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated. I beg to assure you that I have never written to you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling...anxious judgment, I consistently can. But you must act." One might almost think that the necessity of inserting this telegram might have made McClellan pause...
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The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in ..., Volume 17

John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated. " I beg to assure you that I have never written yon or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than...act. "Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. " Major-General MCCLELLAN." The President here touches the key-note to the weakness of McClellan's plan, to which he...
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Abraham Lincoln's Pen and Voice: Being a Complete Compilation of His Letters ...

Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated. I beg to assure you that I have never written you, or spoken...can. But you must act. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. PROCLAMATION, APRIL 10, 1862. It has pleased Almighty God to vouchsafe signal victories to the land...
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Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 5

John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 558 pages
...the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated. I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, w R nor with a fuller purpose to sustain you, so far as, in my Vparti" most anxious judgment, I consistently...
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Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 5

John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 558 pages
...the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated. I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, w R nor with a fuller purpose to sustain you, so far as, in my Y^irt^', most anxious judgment, I consistently...
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Abraham Lincoln; a History, by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Volume 5

John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 560 pages
...assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, w R nor with a fuller purpose to sustain you, so far as, in my vol. XL, most anxious judgment, I consistently can. But you Part 1., , ' P. u. must act. These considerations...
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Lincoln, His Life and Time: Being the Life and Public Services of ..., Volume 1

Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Mauassas repeated. 1 beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken...of feeling than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustair yon, so far as, in my must anxious judgment, 1 consistently can. Bit you must act. Yours, very...
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