I would have borne that, lonesome as it was, if I had met with that courtesy from the other members of the Cabinet which was my due.

But I did not.

Whenever I observed that the head of a department was pursuing a wrong course, I laid down everything and went and tried to set him right, as it was my duty to do; and I never was thanked for it in a single instance.

I went, with the best intentions in the world, to the Secretary of the Navy, and said: "Sir, I cannot see that Admiral Farragut is doing anything but skirmishing around there in Europe, having a sort of picnic.

Now, that may be all very well, but it does not exhibit itself to me in that light.
If there is no fighting for him to do, let him come home.