Attempts have been made to reverse the judgment of contemporaries, in the cases of Judas Iscariot, of Henry the Eighth, and of Shakespeare, and I venture the assertion that all these attempts have failed, most signally.
Boutwell discusses failed attempts to change the historical judgments of figures like Judas Iscariot and Shakespeare.
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The gratitude of his countrymen rebuked all rivalries.
General Grant was not indisposed to see the territories of the Republic extended, but his love of justice and fair dealing was such that he would have used only honorable means in his intercourse with other nations.
But our cause being almost lost something decisive and great must be done.
General Grant had no disposition to usurp power.
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