Popular And Authentic Lives of Ulysses S Grant And Schuyler Colfax
Popular And Authentic Lives of Ulysses S Grant And Schuyler Colfax
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Here it is : "Soldiers of the Army of the Mississippi! From the hights of Vicksburg you look down upon your defeated enemy, and share in the joy of glorious vic- tory! In a campaign of twenty days you have marched two hundred miles, beaten the enemy in five successive battles, taken eighty-eight pieces of 18 210 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT.
field and heavy artillery, captured six thousand, five hundred prisoners, and put six thousand hors de combat ! You have seized the capital of the enemy, destroye...d his railroad communications, and driven him into his last refuge, whence he can not escape! Soldiers, your commander congratulates you, and the Republic is grateful !" Such would have been the proclamation of Na- poleon, with the advantage, in Grant's case, that every word would have been true. But, alas ! for the sol- dier who wants either the stimulus of vanity, or the genius of imagination ! He will be contented with success, and allow facts to make history, and his- torians to proclaim that he was deficient in genius, in manners, and in humanity.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Here it is : "Soldiers of the Army of the Mississippi! From the hights of Vicksburg you look down upon your defeated enemy, and share in the joy of glorious vic- tory! In a campaign of twenty days you have marched two hundred miles, beaten the enemy in five successive battles, taken eighty-eight pieces of 18 210 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT.
field and heavy artillery, captured six thousand, five hundred prisoners, and put six thousand hors de combat ! You have seized the capital of the enemy, destroye...d his railroad communications, and driven him into his last refuge, whence he can not escape! Soldiers, your commander congratulates you, and the Republic is grateful !" Such would have been the proclamation of Na- poleon, with the advantage, in Grant's case, that every word would have been true. But, alas ! for the sol- dier who wants either the stimulus of vanity, or the genius of imagination ! He will be contented with success, and allow facts to make history, and his- torians to proclaim that he was deficient in genius, in manners, and in humanity.
What to read after Popular And Authentic Lives of Ulysses S Grant And Schuyler Colfax?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mansfield, Edward Deering, 1801-1880 to read onlineMoreLess
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