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Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 12 0 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 6 0 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 5 1 Browse Search
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States 4 0 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 4 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 4 0 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 4 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Disorders of the mind. (search)
of old, and then it closed again in yet deeper darkness. Under these circumstances it was no wonder that his medical advisers assured him, repeatedly and emphatically, that, if he persisted in working his brain, nothing could prevent his disease from recurring with redoubled severity. His answer was, "As for bidding men not work 'Molly might as well put the kettle on the fire and say, now don't boil.' I foresee distinctly that if I were to be idle I should go mad." The fate of Swift and Marlborough was also before his eyes, and in his journal there is an entry expressive of his fears lest the anticipated blow should not destroy life, and that he might linger on a driveler and a show. "I do not think my head is weakened, (this was a subsequent entry,) yet a strange vacillation makes me suspect. Is it not thus that men begin to fail — becoming, as it were, infirm of purpose? That way madness lies; let me shun that. No more of that." The sensible presentiment which Dean Swift ha