... of the war, and to frustrate the best concerted plans ; and that the discouragement occasioned by the complicated difficulties and embarrassments, in which our affairs were by this means involved, would have long ago produced the dissolution of any... Railway Mechanical and Electrical Engineer - Page 1531832Full view - About this book
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 604 pages
...punctuality in others, while it tended to damp the zeal of those, who were more willing to exert themselves, served also to accumulate the expenses of the war,...our affairs were by this means involved, would have long ago produced the dissolution of any army, less patient, less virtuous, and less persevering, than... | |
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