一天,陆军部长斯坦顿来到林肯那里,气呼呼地对他说一位少将用侮辱的话指责他偏袒一些人。林肯建议斯坦顿写一封内容尖刻的信回敬那家伙。“可以狠狠地骂他一顿。”林肯说。斯坦顿立刻写了一封措辞强烈的信,然后拿给总统看。“对了,对了。”林肯高声叫好,“要的就是这个!好好训他一顿,真写绝了,斯坦顿。” One day, Stanton, the army minister, came to Lincoln and said to him in an angry manner that a major general accused him of favoring some people with insulting words. Lincoln suggested that Stanton write a cryptic letter to retaliate the guy. “You can beat him up,” Lincoln said. Stanton immediately wrote a strongly-worded letter and then showed it to the president. “Yes, yes.” Lincoln shouted, “It’s this! It’s a good training, and it’s written, Stanton.”