 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
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...Springfield, like Dickens' Micawber, waiting for something to turn up. CHAPTER 3 June 1861: Colonel Grant It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who...whom we may always expect the most efficient service. -Grant1 With the death of Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas on June 3, 1861, passed the political... | |
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...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...whom we may always expect the most efficient service " (ii. 117). "The fact is, troops who have fought a few battles and won, and followed up their victories,... | |
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