Abraham Lincoln Quote

He who does something at the head of one regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.


letter to Major-General David Hunter, 31 December 1861, in R. P. Basler (ed.) Collected Works… (1953) vol. 5


He who does something at the head of one regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.

He who does something at the head of one regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.

He who does something at the head of one regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.

He who does something at the head of one regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.