 He urged that the work before us was of such vast importance to the whole nation that the feeling or wishes of no one person should stand in the way of selecting the right men for all positions. For himself, he would serve to the best of his ability wherever...  Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant ... - 第101页作者：Ulysses Simpson Grant - 1885 - 647 页全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | 1886 - 910 页
...be defeated in two battles fought on the same day ; but it would not be bad to win them" (ii. 20). "It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may always ei[>ect the most efficient service " (ii. 117). "The fact is, troops who have fought a few battles... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1886 - 988 页
...me that I might want an officer who had served with me in the West, mentioning Sherman especially, to take his place. If so, he begged me not to hesitate...year previous to my taking command of all the armies, * General Meade adopted solferino as the color of his headquarters flag, and a golden eagle in a silver... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - 1885 - 668 页
...i*fr^»**of* fr t< »•«•» r\ j-1 * » G 4- f\ +' f\f\ ** /^«*f- r* f\r 4-r\ £* U ^\ r\i *A ir\ 1 I was a stranger to most of the Army of the Potomac,...Gettysburg the July before. It is men who wait to *-vc-tk 4 . 1 -. , and, for nearly a year previous to my taking command of all the armies, was in supreme... | |
 | Willis C. Humphrey - 1886 - 720 页
...wherever placed. Grant replied that he should make no change. General Grant says in his " Memoirs " : " This incident gave me even a more favorable opinion...July before. It is men who wait to be selected, and 1804. not those who seek, from whom we may always expect the most efficient service." Grant remained... | |
 | Carswell McClellan - 1887 - 320 页
...Grant comments on this : " I assured him that I had no thought of substituting any one for him. . . . This incident gave me even a more favorable opinion...we may always expect the most efficient service." l General Badeau adds his testimony, as follows : " It was this spirit which animated all of Grant's... | |
 | Carswell McClellan - 1887 - 320 页
...Grant comments on this : " I assured him that I had no thought of substituting any one for him. . . . This incident gave me even a more favorable opinion...from whom we may always expect the most efficient serv1ce." l General Badeau adds his testimony, as follows : " It was this spirit which animated all... | |
 | 1887 - 886 页
...his Memoirs, after relating what had passed, he adds : " This incident gave me even a more favourable opinion of Meade than did his great victory at Gettysburg...we may always expect the most efficient service." He tried to make Meade's position as nearly as possible what it would have been had he himself been... | |
 | Society of the Army of the Potomac - 1888 - 588 页
...I had known General Meade slightly in the Mexican war, but had not met him since until this visit. I was a stranger to most of the Army of the Potomac,...we may always expect the most efficient service." That they continued together thence to the end, without a jar, men as different in individuality as... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1888 - 216 页
...that he had no thought of moving him, and in his Memoirs, after relating what had passed, he adds : " This incident gave me even a more favorable opinion...we may always expect the most efficient service." He tried to make Meade's position as nearly as possible what it would have been had he himself been... | |
 | William Howard Tucker - 1889 - 528 页
...manner in public affairs, he refrained from soliciting public office, believing with General Grant, that it is men who wait to be selected, and not those who...whom we may always expect the most efficient service. On the 18th of June, 1840, Mr. Dewey married Emily, daughter of Hon. AVilliam Strong of Hartford. Mrs.... | |
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