 | Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 354 pages
...to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them. Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 256 pages
...No Ambition so Great as True Esteem. " Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether that be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no...other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem." Speech, 1832. "If Elected, Thankful; if not,... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1906 - 340 pages
...is contained in the closing paragraph. "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition," he wrote. "Whether it be true or not, /I can say, for one, that I have no other so great fas that of being truly esteemed of my fellowmen by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 738 pages
...to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them. Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 328 pages
...to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them. Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this... | |
 | Henry Bryan Binns - 1907 - 428 pages
...be erroneous I shall be ready to renounce them. " Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 384 pages
...to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them. Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 pages
...first public speech.] Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or riot, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 410 pages
...Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, l can say for one that l have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far l shall succeed in gratifying this ambition... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1908 - 328 pages
...think this letter was likely to influence them? Why? Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellowmen, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition... | |
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Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. 
