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. Speech and Scrap Book for Speakers - Page 2861924 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1896 - 644 pages
...wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them. " Evenr man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that 1 have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellowmen by rendering myself worthy... | |
| Alice Evelyn Craig - 1926 - 542 pages
...EMERSON 11. Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought. — HAZLITT 12. Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. — LINCOLN 13. Know your fellow-creature as you know yourself and you will be an artist ; love your... | |
| Leverett Samuel Lyon, A. Marie Butler - 1927 - 600 pages
...serve the good things of life that you desire. — Adapted. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SECRETS OF SUCCESS1 Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. . . . The better part of one's life consists of our friendships. . . . The advice of a father to his... | |
| Thomas P. Reep - 1927 - 158 pages
...and his reliance upon the common people, the paragraph ending his announcement is here given: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...no other so great as that of being truly esteemed by my fellow-men by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying... | |
| Huldah Florence Cook, Edith May Walker - 1927 - 422 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." "A Narrow Squeak for the Pig" During Lincoln's... | |
| Wayland Farries Vaughan - 1928 - 340 pages
...we see in his manifesto of 1832 in which he announced his candidacy for the General Assembly. "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...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 ambition... | |
| 1928 - 458 pages
...among ourselves and with all nations." "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether that be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no...fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem." LINCOLN'S ESTIMATE OF THE "HONORS" As a further elucidation of Mr. Lincoln's estimate of Presidential... | |
| United States. Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission - 1958 - 48 pages
...DELIVERED IN CHICAGO, JULY IO, 1858. Extracts From the Writings and Speeches of Lincoln* Ambition. Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...no other so great as that of being truly esteemed by my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying... | |
| 2004 - 320 pages
...candidate for the Illinois Legislature, issuing a circular to the electors in which he says, "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellowmen, and rendering myself worthy of their esteem." This perhaps is as satisfactory a statement of creditable... | |
| Jan Hartman - 1970 - 28 pages
...BOWLING GREEN. And what abilities has a man who writes the following? (Reading from the paper.) "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...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... | |
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