Quote#Wisdom
It is not easy to conceive the difficulties we have had
Quote byHenry Knox · 1750–1806
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Knox to George Washington on the difficulties of taking to Boston. Reported in David McCullough, 1776 (2005), p. 83..
English (original)
It is not easy to conceive the difficulties we have had.
— Henry Knox
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