This story comes from How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) by Dale Carnegie. In July 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, the Confederate army led by Robert E. Lee was retreating south and became trapped against the Potomac River. President Abraham Lincoln realised this was a rare opportunity to capture Lee’s army and potentially end the war. He ordered Union General George G. Meade to attack immediately. Instead, Meade hesitated, called a council of war,
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This story comes from How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) by Dale Carnegie. In July 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, the Confederate army led by Robert E. Lee was retreating south and became trapped against the Potomac River. President Abraham Lincoln realised this was a rare opportunity to capture Lee’s army and potentially end the war. He ordered Union General George G. Meade to attack immediately. Instead, Meade hesitated, called a council of war,
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