| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm;...wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honourable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that... | |
| American essays - 1917 - 996 pages
...confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during your predecessor's command, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you... | |
| Literature - 1894 - 1228 pages
...reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think during Burnside's command of the army you took counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. Here Hooker stopped, and vehemently said: " The President is mistaken. I never thwarted... | |
| Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris - United States - 1888 - 970 pages
...think that during General Burnside's command you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the ci a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I h such way as to believe it, of your recently... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 218 pages
...in yourself — which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious — which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm;...you did a great wrong to the country, and to a most meritoriousand honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently... | |
| John William Jones - United States - 1879 - 402 pages
...confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm....much as you could, in which you did a great wrong both to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard in such way... | |
| Henry Edwin Tremain - 1881 - 36 pages
...confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm;...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
| Third Army Corps Union, John Cleveland Robinson - 1881 - 48 pages
...confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
| Theodore Ayrault Dodge - History - 1881 - 294 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during Gen. Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel...and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the Government needed a dictator.... | |
| Theodore Ayrault Dodge - History - 1881 - 282 pages
...confidence in yourself ; which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, 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... | |
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