 | Herman Hattaway - 2004 - 272 頁
...president emphasized that not only was beating the enemy "easier near to us than far away," but also "if we cannot beat the enemy where he now is, we never can, he being within the entrenchments of Richmond." Thus did Lincoln analyze the problem posed by the welldemonstrated... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 452 頁
...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... | |
 | 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."... | |
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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... 
