 | William M. Thayer - 1882 - 430 pages
...Doctor," replied Mr. Lincoln, "if I had to draw a pen across, and erase my whole life from existence, and had one poor gift or choice left as to what I should...that speech, and leave it to the world unerased." More than a year afterwards he was dining with a party of friends at Bloomington when that speech became... | |
 | Charles H. Evans - 1884 - 234 pages
...contemptuous, replied, " Well, Doctor, if I had to draw a pen across and erase my whole life from existence, and I had one poor gift or choice left as to what...that speech, and leave it to the world unerased.'" Douglas was Lincoln's opponent ; and on November 2, 1858, Douglas was elected, in virtue, however,... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - 1884 - 716 pages
...the mourner : " Well, Doctor, if I had to draw a pen across and erase my whole life from existence, and I had one poor gift or choice left as to what...choose that speech and leave it to the world unerased." With others he afterwards argued earnestly the wisdom and policy as well as the truth of that speech,... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1884 - 536 pages
...the mourner : " Well, Doctor, if I had to draw a pen across and erase my whole life from existence, and I had one poor gift or choice left as to what...choose that speech and leave it to the world unerased." With others he afterwards argued earnestly the wisdom and policy as well as the truth of that speech,... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1884 - 538 pages
...the mourner: " Well, Doctor, if I had to draw a pen across and erase my whole life from existence, and I had one poor gift or choice left as to what...choose that speech and leave it to the world unerased." With others he afterwards argued earnestly the wisdom and policy as well as the truth of that speech,... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - 1886 - 928 pages
...the wisest thing I ever said. If I had to draw a pen across and erase my whole life from existence, and I had one poor gift or choice left as to what...that speech, and leave it to the world unerased." These are the words that he prized so highly, and which, for the time, cost him so much : " If we could... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - 1887 - 252 pages
...the wisest thing I ever said. If I had to draw a pen across and erase my whole life from existence, and I had one poor gift or choice left as to what...that speech, and leave it to the world unerased." These are the words that he prized so highly, and which, for the time, cost him so much : " If we could... | |
 | James Harrison Kennedy - 1888 - 694 pages
...Lincoln's answer was a noble one : "Well, Doctor, if I had to draw a pen across and erase my whole life, and I had' one poor gift or choice left, as to what...choose that speech and leave it to the world unerased." Another important result of the campaign, aside from its effect in unifying the Republican party, was... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 426 pages
...him," and one of them was answered, " If I had to draw a pen and erase my whole life from existence, and I had one poor gift or choice left as to what...choose that speech and leave it to the world unerased." Well-known voices from the Atlantic States, and from Republicans in Congress, had already urged the... | |
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If I had to draw a pen across my record, and erase my whole life from sight, and I had one poor gift or choice left as to what I should save from the wreck, I should choose that speech and leave it to the world unerased. 
