“I can see that spark coming back when he talks about the future.”
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Famous H.W. Brands Quotes
“Such was the code: Strive for victory, but never seem to be self-involved.”
“Gen. Scott saw more through the eyes of his staff officers than through his own.”
Source: The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
“The nature of revolutions is to sweep the reluctant along.”
Source: American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
“Shiloh showed him what he could ask of his men, and indeed what he MUST ask of them.”
Source: The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace