 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
 | Al Kaltman - 2000 - 356 页
...right men for all positions. For himself, he would serve to the best of his ability wherever placed. This incident gave me even a more favorable opinion...victory at Gettysburg the July before. It is men who LESSON Be wary of those who either directly or through their friends lobby for promotion. People who... | |
 | Jean Edward Smith - 2001 - 785 页
...the best of his ability wherever placed." Grant was taken with Meade's candor. The offer, he said, "gave me even a more favorable opinion of Meade than did his great victory at Gettysburg, and I assured him that I had no thought of substituting anyone for him."37 There were additional reasons... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - 2002 - 532 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,...whom we may always expect the most efficient service. Meade 's position afterwards proved embarrassing to me if not to him. He was commanding an army and,... | |
 | Mark Grimsley - 2002 - 330 页
...Meade, this gesture of self-abnegation impressed him. "It is men who wait to be selected," he believed, "and not those who seek, from whom we may always expect the most efficient service. "Thus, Meade stayed in command, and while Grant planned to accompany the Army of the Potomac during... | |
 | Mark Grimsley - 2005 - 324 页
...Meade, this gesture of self-abnegation impressed him. "It is men who wait to be selected," he believed, "and not those who seek, from whom we may always expect the most efficient service."Thus, Meade stayed in command, and while Grant planned to accompany die Army of the Potomac... | |
 | Gordon C. Rhea - 2004 - 540 页
...promised to serve "to the best of his ability wherever placed." This humble speech, Grant wrote, "gave me a more favorable opinion of Meade than did his great victory at Gettysburg the July before." He assured Meade that he had "no thought of substituting anyone for him," least of all Sherman, who... | |
 | George Walsh - 2006 - 484 页
...selecting the right men for all positions." Grant assured Meade he had no intention of supplanting him. "This incident gave me even a more favorable opinion...we may always expect the most efficient service." 7 The future relationship between Grant and Meade, while never close, would be both dutiful and professional.... | |
 | Jeffry D. Wert - 2005 - 576 页
...recounted, "that I had no thought of substituting any one for him." "This incident," stated Grant, "gave me even a more favorable opinion of Meade than...his great victory at Gettysburg the July before." 65 During their meeting, Grant indicated that he would have his headquarters with the army. Originally,... | |
 | Jeffry D. Wert - 2005 - 598 页
...recounted, "that I had no thought of substituting any one for him." "This incident," stated Grant, "gave me even a more favorable opinion of Meade than did his great victory at Gettysburg the July before."65 During their meeting, Grant indicated that he would have his headquarters with the army.... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - 2007 - 545 页
...to Sherman, he could not be spared from the West. This incident gave me even a more favorable opmion of Meade than did his great victory at Gettysburg...commanding an army and, for nearly a year previous to rny taking command of all the armies, was in supreme command of the Army of the Potomac — except... | |
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