Delanceyplace.com 02/24/06-Common sense
In today's excerpt, Ulysses Grant, one of the greatest generals and leaders in military history, is remembered for his common sense:
"Common sense--time and again observers used this term to describe Grant's approach to generalship. There was no attempt to ape Napoleon or Wellington; no elaborate references to the exploits of legend; the general was just 'a plain businessman of the republic' getting things done. 'Dash is handsome, genius glorious,' one officer remarked; 'but modest, old-fashioned, everyday sense is the trump, after all.' Newspaper correspondent William Shanks agreed: 'His wisdom is that which results from a combination of common sense trained to logical reflection with practical observation. He deals with all questions in a plain, business-like manner, and in a systematic style, which enables him to dispatch a great deal of business in a very short time.' "
Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant, Houghton Mifflin, 2000, p. 459
In today's excerpt, Ulysses Grant, one of the greatest generals and leaders in military history, is remembered for his common sense:
"Common sense--time and again observers used this term to describe Grant's approach to generalship. There was no attempt to ape Napoleon or Wellington; no elaborate references to the exploits of legend; the general was just 'a plain businessman of the republic' getting things done. 'Dash is handsome, genius glorious,' one officer remarked; 'but modest, old-fashioned, everyday sense is the trump, after all.' Newspaper correspondent William Shanks agreed: 'His wisdom is that which results from a combination of common sense trained to logical reflection with practical observation. He deals with all questions in a plain, business-like manner, and in a systematic style, which enables him to dispatch a great deal of business in a very short time.' "
Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant, Houghton Mifflin, 2000, p. 459
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