| Charles Van Doren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry - History - 1971 - 1530 pages
...fortune, and the sincere affection I feel for an Army I have so long had the honor to command, will oblige me to declare in this public and solemn manner...may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my country and those powers we are bound to respect, you may freely command my services to the utmost... | |
| Mason Locke Weems - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 230 pages
...and in the gratification of every wish, so far as may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my Country, and those powers we are bound to respect, you may freely command my Services to the utmost of my abilities. While I give you these assurances, and pledge myself in the most unequivocal manner,... | |
| Mason Locke Weems - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 230 pages
...Fortune, and the sincere affection I feel for an Army, I have so long had the honor to Command, will oblige me to declare, in this public and solemn manner, that, in the attainment of compleat justice for all your toils and dangers, and in the gratification of every wish, so far as... | |
| Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...fortune, and the sincere affection I feel for an army I have so long had the honor to command will oblige me to declare, in this public and solemn manner,...may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my country and those powers we are bound to respect, you may freely command my services to the utmost... | |
| Elizabeth D. Samet - History - 2004 - 300 pages
...them that he would labor to achieve "compleat justice," but he could gratify their "every wish" only "so far as may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my Country" (GW, 499). Obedience would be its own reward. Only an ingrate could recommend mutiny, and... | |
| Mary Mostert - Political Science - 2005 - 270 pages
...Fortune, and the sincere affection I feel for an Army, I have so long had the honor to Command, will oblige me to declare, in this public and solemn manner,...may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my Country, and those powers we are bound to respect, you may freely command my Services to the utmost... | |
| Benson John Lossing - United States - 1879 - 716 pages
...fortune, and the sincere affection I feel for an army I have so long had the honor to command, will oblige me to declare, in this public and solemn manner,...may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my country,- and those powers we are bound to respect, you may freely command my services to the utmost... | |
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