 It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones; and the saying is true, if taken to mean no more than that an army is better directed by a single mind, though inferior, than by two superior ones, at variance, and crosspurposes with...  Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs - Страница 18по United States. Department of State - 1861Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) - 1861 - 454 страници
...than by two superior ones, at variance. and cross-purposes with each other. And the same is true, in all joint operations wherein those engaged, can have...will direct, and no single mind can be allowed to control. It continues to develop that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively, a war upon the... | |
 | 1861 - 928 страници
...than by two superior ones, at variance, and cross-purposes with each other. And the same is true, in all joint operations wherein those engaged, can have...will direct, and no single mind can be allowed to control. It continues to develop that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively, a Avar upon... | |
 | Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 страници
...though inferior, than by two superior ones at variance and cross purposes. And the same is true in all joint operations wherein those engaged can have...as to the choice of means. In a storm at sea no one can wish the ship 10 sink, and yet not unfrequently all go down together, because too many will direct... | |
 | 1861 - 456 страници
...view, and can differ only as to the choice of means. In a storm at sea no one can wish the ship lo sink, and yet not unfrequently all go down together,...many will direct and no single mind can be allowed to control. ^f It continues to develope that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively, a war upon... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 586 страници
...inferior, than by two superior ones at variance and cross-purposes with each other. And the same is trne in all joint operations wherein those engaged can have none but a common end in view, and can diIfer only as to the choice of means. In a storm at sea, no one on hoard can wish the ship to sink,... | |
 | United States. President - 1861 - 824 страници
...cross-purposes with each other. And the same is true, in all joint operations wherein those engagoc can have none but a common end in view, and can differ only as 1 the choice of means. In a storm at sea, no one on board can \vis the ship to sink; and yet, not unfrequently,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1862 - 966 страници
...than by two superior ones, at variance, and cross-purposes with each other. And the same is true, in all joint operations wherein those engaged, can have...will direct, and no single mind can be allowed to control. It continues to develop that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively, a war upon the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1864 - 426 страници
...than by two superior ones at variance and cross-purposes with each other. "And the same is true in all joint operations, wherein those engaged can have...will direct, and no single mind can be allowed to control." This is well put: it is good sense, enforced by pertinent illustration; and the question... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 492 страници
...inferior, than by two superior ones at variance and cross-purposes with each other. And the same is true in all joint operations wherein those engaged can have...will direct, and no single mind can be allowed to control. It continues to develop that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively a war upon the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 страници
...variance and cross-purposes with each other. And the same is true in all joint operations wherein those can have none but a common end in view, and can differ...many will direct and no single mind can be allowed to control. It continues to develop that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively, a war upon the... | |
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