 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
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 pages
...wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, 1 shall be ready to renounce them. 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1989 - 946 pages
...wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them. 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... | |
 | Paul Simon - 1989 - 348 pages
...Robert Todd Lincoln Collection, Library of Congress SgJ Sangamo Journal 1 Lincoln Loses But Learns 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... | |
 | Richard Hazelett, Dean Turner - 1990 - 456 pages
...will endow our fleeting days with abiding worth. Jewish ritual 11 Appreciation and Self-Esteem Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...fellow-men by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. Abraham Lincoln W, E ALL KNOW THAT APPRECIATION and its opposite are all-important to the quality of... | |
 | Howard I. Kushner - 1991 - 312 pages
...he had admitted candidly in 1832 was one of his primary motives for seeking political office: "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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - 1996 - 208 pages
...Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 1, p. 211. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). AMBITION Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, 1 can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men. .... | |
 | Michael Burlingame - 1997 - 418 pages
...twenty-three-year-old candidate introduced himself to the voters of Sangamon County with a frank avowal: 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... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1997 - 460 pages
...school teacher about what later he wrote into his first political address: "Every man," he says there, "is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it...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... | |
 | Louise Bachelder - 1997 - 76 pages
...claims kindred to the great God who made him. Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. ... I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of this esteem. ... I am young and unknown to many of you. I was born, and have ever remained, in the... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2003 - 220 pages
...wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them. 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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