 | James V. Murfin - 2004 - 476 頁
...moment be permitted to escape. "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 can not beat the enemy where he now is, we never can, he again being within the entrenchments of Richmond."... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1861 - 706 頁
...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."* The arguments of the President proved so much in accordance with the necessities of the position, that... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1866 - 828 頁
...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...never can, he again being within the intrenchments at Richmond. li Recurring to the idea of going to Richmond on the inside track, the facility of supplying... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1989 - 844 頁
...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 can not beat the enemy where he now is, we never can, he again being within the entrenchments of Richmond.... | |
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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... 
