- "The
Ablest Man in the World" is a
short story by
American journalist and
author Edward Page Mitc****. It was
written in 1879 and
published unattributed...
- was
founded at
Aversa for the
daughters of
public functionaries, and the
ablest from the
provincial schools, to be
admitted under the
personal patronage...
- victory) was founded, a
Volksraad elected, and Piet Retief, one of the
ablest of the Voortrekkers,
chosen "governor and commandant-general". The emigrants...
- An 1857 Harper's W****ly
column describes Carey as "the best
known as well as the
ablest of
American Political Economists."...
- time, and
Henry V****all-Fox
called him "the
greatest statesman and the
ablest general of
ancient or
modern times".
Cobban states that he
showed his genius...
-
influence on his
military thinking,
saying in 1962 that "Fox
Conner was the
ablest man I ever knew." Conner's
comment on
Eisenhower was, "[He] is one of the...
- 000
British troops were sent to
North America under four of Wellington's
ablest brigade commanders after Napoleon abdicated.
Fewer than half were veterans...
- formidable. If such was the case, he
committed an error, such
however as the
ablest commanders will
sometimes fall into." Lee
himself concurred with this judgment...
-
level of
flight experience or
higher education which ensured that only the
ablest and most
intelligent African-American
applicants were able to join.[citation...
- problems—he
cannot p**** the buck. I made the
decision after discussions with the
ablest men in our Government, and
after long and
prayerful consideration. I decided...
