MR. PRESIDENT: I accept the commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations. I feel... McClure's Magazine ... - Página 8951897Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William M. Thayer - 1886 - 528 páginas
...goes my own hearty personal concurrence." General Grant replied: — " Mr. President : I accept this commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies, who have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint... | |
| James Harrison Kennedy - 1888 - 694 páginas
...assumed command of all the armies on March 17, and upon accepting his commission from the President said: "Mr. President, I accept the commission with gratitude...fields for our common country, it will be my earnest desire not to disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving... | |
| L. T. Remlap - 1885 - 790 páginas
...commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be...not to disappoint your expectations. I feel the full and this simple and interesting interview ended. The next day, March 10, General Grant visited the... | |
| John Frost - 1888 - 630 páginas
...distinguished guests; and in response to a few hearty words from the President, he said, — "I accept this commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies who have fought on so many battle-fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not... | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin - 1889 - 504 páginas
...concurrence." The words fell from trembling lips, so deep the feeling of the President. This the reply : " Mr. President, I accept the commission, with gratitude...not to disappoint your expectations. I feel the full responsibilities now devolving on me ; and I know that if they are met it will be due to those armies,... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1889 - 456 páginas
...with gratitude for the high honour conferred. With the aid of the noble armies, who have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavour not to disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibility now devolving... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 638 páginas
...difficult to read ; but.what he said could hardly have been improved •/" Mr. President, I accept this commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred....With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations.... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 572 páginas
...difficult to read ; but what he said could hardly have been improved : " Mr. President, I accept this commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred....With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations.... | |
| Willis Fletcher Johnson - 1891 - 632 páginas
...the Nation goes my own hearty personal concurrence." Grant's reply was brief and modest. He said : " Mr. President : I accept the commission with gratitude...With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations.... | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 páginas
...deep the feeling of Mr. Lincoln. " Mr. President," General Grant replied, " I accept the commission for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields of our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations.... | |
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