Abraham Lincoln on The Civil War (documentary)

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Lincoln used this barnyard analogy to caution an overconfident General Hooker against prematurely celebrating victory over Robert E. Lee, a prediction grimly realized at Chancellorsville.
“The hen is the wisest of all the animal creation, because she never cackles until after the egg is laid.”
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“What shall I do? The people are impatient. Chase has no money and tells me he can raise no more. The General of the Army, McClellan, has typhoid fever. The bottom is out of the tub. What shall I do?”
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