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The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog; not though in that stage of development he should puff and blow himself till he bursts with windy adulation at the heels of the laureled ox. Algernon Charles Swinburne		Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
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McClellan tells his wife, I find myself in a new and strange position here: President, cabinet, Gen. Scott, and all deferring to me. By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land. George Brinton McClellan

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	George Brinton McClellan
	(1826-1885) US general-in-chief of all Union forces Civil War - Nov 1, 1861-Nov. 7, 1862.

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Lincoln tells McClellan, '... the supreme command of the Army will entail a vast labor upon you.' McClellan responds, 'I can do it all.' McClellan tells his wife, I find myself in a new and strange position here: President, cabinet, Gen. Scott, and all deferring to me. By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land.