A cycle of Adams letters, 1861-1865 . Field rattled aheadabout his telegraph and told again the story of his ex-periences. Mr. Evarts talked about England and thepolicy of the country, for he goes home today, and in-deed left us only to fire a parting shot into discussed the war news and Bancroft Davis camein, arguing that Lees ammunition must be was very anxious about the battles, and variedhis talk, by discussing a movement he proposes to makein Parliament before it rises. He rather regrets thatthey did nt force Roebucks motion to a division, andwants to get in
A cycle of Adams letters, 1861-1865 . Field rattled aheadabout his telegraph and told again the story of his ex-periences. Mr. Evarts talked about England and thepolicy of the country, for he goes home today, and in-deed left us only to fire a parting shot into discussed the war news and Bancroft Davis camein, arguing that Lees ammunition must be was very anxious about the battles, and variedhis talk, by discussing a movement he proposes to makein Parliament before it rises. He rather regrets thatthey did nt force Roebucks motion to a division, andwants to get in a few words before the close. So we go on, you see, and how much of this sort ofthing could one do at Boston! And the camp couldonly make up for it in times of action. Even thestrangely hostile tone of society here has its peculiaradvantage. It wakes us up and keeps our minds on acontinual strain to meet and check the tendency. Toappear confident in times of doubt, steady in timesof disaster, cool and quiet at all times, and unshaken. don roebucco, the smallest man in the house (From Punch, 1846) 1863] A CYCLE OF ADAMS LETTERS 49 under any pressure, requires a continual wakefulnessand actually has an effect to make a man that whichhe represents himself to be. Mr. Evarts is grand inthese trials, and from him and Mr. Seward and theChief, one learns to value properly the power of mo-mentum. All this to you seems, I suppose, curious talk, to onewho has just got through with the disgusts of one cam-paign and is recruiting for another, as I suppose youare doing now. We are very anxious about you as youmay suppose, but trust that your regiment is too muchused up to fight much more without rest. Besides, inthe confusion and excitement of the great struggle, weare glad to counteract anxiety by hope. And thoughour good friends down town do persist in regarding thenews as favorable to the South, we on the whole areinchned to hope, and to feel a certain confidence thatfriend Lee has got hi
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