 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
 | Murat Halstead - 1896 - 522 pages
...upon the questions of the day. ' Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition," he observed, ' and whether it be true or not I can say for one that I...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... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1898 - 548 pages
...wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous I shall be ready to renounce them. p]very man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed. I A Plethora of State Banks in the West am young, and unknown to many of you. I was born, and have ever... | |
 | Murat Halstead - 1900 - 568 pages
...upon the questions of the day. ' Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition,' he observed, ' and whether it be true or not I can say for one that I...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... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 312 pages
...shall be ready to renounce them. it hTVery man 'S said to have his Peculiar ambition. Whether :rue or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so eat as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by •nng myself worthy of their esteem. How... | |
 | Murat Halsted - 1901 - 1236 pages
...upon the questions of the day. 1 Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition,' he observed, ' and whether it be true or not I can say for one that I...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... | |
 | Bp. Samuel Fallows, Samuel Fallows - 1901 - 550 pages
...his sentiments upon the questions of the day : "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition, and, whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...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... | |
 | Robert Henry Browne - 1901 - 598 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 it be true or not, I can say for mine, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men by rendering myself... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 394 pages
...people of Sangamon county, Illinois, at New Salem, 9 March 1832. Lincoln's first public speech.] Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed. I an young, and unknown to many of you. I was born, lave ever remained, in the most humble walkstty£e"commend... | |
 | Alonzo Rothschild - 1906 - 576 pages
...the document, particularly its concluding paragraph, is of interest here. " Every man," he wrote, " is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it...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...fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem." Speech, 1832. "If Elected, Thankful; if not, All the Same." The first of the Lh1coln speeches in active... | |
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