 | Charles E. Davis - 1894 - 562 strani
...advantage which we should nnt waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at...he now is, we never can, he again being within the intrenchmcnts of Richmond. Recurring to the idea of going to Richmond on the inside track, the facility... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1899 - 618 strani
...we shall never succeed. . . . We should not so operate as merely to drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at...again being within the intrenchments of Richmond." l McClellan complained that he could not advance because he was short of horses for his cavalry ; then... | |
 | Clement Anselm Evans - 1899 - 464 strani
...we shall never succeed. . . . We should not so operate as merely to drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at...away. If we cannot beat the enemy where he now is [at or about Winchester], we never can, he again being within the intrenchments of Richmond. ' ' This... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 474 strani
...firmest, and kindest arguments. " If we never try, we shall never succeed," he said. "As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away." He therefore urged McClellan with all earnestness to break Lee's communications with Richmond and attack... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 478 strani
...firmest, and kindest arguments. " If we never try, we shall never succeed," he said. "As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away." He therefore urged McClellan with all earnestness to break Lee's communications with Richmond and attack... | |
 | 1899 - 848 strani
...advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than faf away. If we cannot beat the enemy where be now is, we never can, he again being within the intrenchments... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 276 strani
...advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at...again being within the intrenchments of Richmond. . . . This patient, sensible letter had no effect on McClellan. Now, forbearing as Lincoln was as a... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 strani
...advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at...where he now is, we never can, he again being within intrenchments of Richmond. . . . This patient, sensible letter had no effect on McClellan. Now, forbearing... | |
 | Peter Smith Michie - 1901 - 534 strani
...somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we can not beat the enemy where he now is, we never can, he again...of supplying from the side away from the enemy is remarkable—as it were by the different spokes of a wheel, extending from the hub toward the rim,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 strani
...advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at...where he now is, we never can, he again being within theintrenchments of Richmond. Recurring to the idea of going to Richmond on the inside track, the facility... | |
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In coming to us, he tenders us an advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we cannot beat the... 
