Until the promotion of UlyssesS. Grant, the North’s victory in the civil war was held back by a series of inept generals—to the exasperation of Lincoln, who liked to read up on military strategy.
提拔尤利塞斯·格兰特之前,内战都在一群无能将领的指挥下毫无进展,这可让爱好研读兵法的林肯大为震怒。
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I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution UlyssesS. Grant.
我没有办法能象他们那样有效地撤销坏的或令人讨厌的法律的指控(尤利西斯·s·格兰特)。
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A portrait of UlyssesS. Grant hangs in Obama's private office, where he often adjourns in the evening to work.