...cabinet. Once adopted, debates on it must end, and all agree and abide" — I remark that if this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy is adopted, I apprehend there is no 10 danger of its being changed without good reason, or continuing to be a subject of unnecessary debate;...

...demand that some one man, and that man Seward, should control all policy, he wrote, " If this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy...entitled to have, the advice of all the Cabinet." Seward was not a fool, far from it; he was one of the ablest men in America, only at that moment strained...

...somewhere, and absolute authority be given some one, Mr. Lincoln said: "I remark that if this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy...danger of its being changed without good reason, or continue to be a subject of unnecessary debate; still upon points arising in its progress, I wish and...

...concluding demand that some one man, and that man Seward, should control all policy, he wrote, "If this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy...entitled to have, the advice of all the Cabinet." Seward was not a fool, far from it; he was one of the ablest men in America, only at that moment strained...

...President must do it himself, or devolve it on some member of his Cabinet' — I remark that if this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy...entitled to have, the advice of all the Cabinet." In effect this letter said : "As President of the United States, I have a work to do and no one else...

...knew of it till twenty- five years later. In his reply he wrote with simple dignity, " If this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy...no danger of its being changed without good reason ; still, upon points arising in its progress I wish, and suppose I am entitled to have, the advice...

...cabinet. Once adopted, debates on it must end, and all agree and abide" — I remark that if this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy...all the cabinet. Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. DECEMBER 1, 1862 This excerpt from Lincoln's second annual message to Congress...

...cabinet. Once adopted, debates on it must end, and all agree and abide' — I remark that if this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy...the cabinet. "Your obedient servant, "A. LINCOLN." For personal forbearance, political magnanimity, and practical poise, this answer of President Lincoln...

...Cabinet. Once adopted, debates on it must end, and all agree and abide"—I remark that if this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy...advice of all the Cabinet. Your obedient servant. Loss of a Noble Soldier (May 25, 1861) To the Father and Mother of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth. My Dear...

...the responsibility of carrying out the policy that might be adopted, Mr. Lincoln said : If this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy...no danger of its being changed without good reason, by continuing to be a subject of unnecessary debate. Still, upon points arising in its progress, I...