One cannot even apply in this case the proverb, "Better late than never," as the like hastily scraped and undigested sham-knowledge unavoidably must obfuscate and wholly confuse McClellan's-not Napoleonic-brains.
"Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862"
Adam Gurowski
In the fiercest heat it is grateful to the stomach, it goeth down easily, it promoteth moisture, it molesteth neither the liver nor the reins, nor doth it even obfuscate the head!
"Naples Past and Present"
Arthur H. Norway
Ye may do so in a moral sinse, or in a physical sinse; you may obliterate, or extinguish, or, without going so far, you may simply obfuscate,-do you perceave?
"The Fortunes Of Glencore"
Charles James Lever