 I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes...  Complete Works - Page xxxviiby Abraham Lincoln - 1894Full view - About this book
 | Emory Upton - United States - 1904 - 532 pages
...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability,... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1904 - 534 pages
...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its abilitv,... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Allen Rogers Benham - American letters - 1905 - 176 pages
...government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can...set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 436 pages
...government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can...set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability,... | |
 | Theology - 1906 - 336 pages
...government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can...set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success and I will risk the dictatorship." And then he made him head of the Army of the Potomac. This... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 606 pages
...Government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can...set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability,... | |
 | Samuel Livingston French - History - 1906 - 382 pages
...Government needed a dictator. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can...set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability,... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - Conduct of life - 1906 - 166 pages
...government needed a dictator. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can...set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability,... | |
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