 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...  Lincoln's Own Stories - Page 165edited by - 1912 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Schouler - United States - 1899 - 686 pages
...that both the army and the government needed a dictator. He warned Hooker to beware of rashness. " 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, which is neither more nor less than it... | |
 | William Harrison Lambert - 1899 - 32 pages
...the role, but the President, without shadow of jealousy of any of his subordinates, shrewdly declared "only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, I will risk the dictatorship." His readiness to accord to others the... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 276 pages
...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...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...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...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it... | |
 | Paul Selby - 1900 - 478 pages
...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 a command. Only those generals who gain success can set up as dictators. What I ask of you is military... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 pages
...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...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the 173 utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than... | |
 | Henry Ketcham - Presidents - 1901 - 516 pages
...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 success can be dictators! What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.... | |
 | 1901 - 476 pages
...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 success can be dictators. "What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship."... | |
 | Herman Haupt - Generals - 1901 - 346 pages
...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 success can set up dictators. What I now ask of yon is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1901 - 264 pages
...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 success can be dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.... | |
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