 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
 | James Mickel Williams - 1906 - 268 pages
...man, twenty-three years of age: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be so 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."1 The study of human motives is, however, by... | |
 | 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 - 410 pages
...candidate for the Legislature, when he was twentythree years old. Continued from preceding page.) 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 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 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,... | |
 | 1908 - 446 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." — Lincoln Speech, 1832. The Haunted Palace BY EDGAR ALLAN FOB. These verses are published in "The... | |
 | 1908 - 670 pages
...brands recollected. From Lincoln's first public speech, March. 1832 — he was but twentythree : Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so gwat as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.... | |
 | Denton Jaques Snider - 1908 - 584 pages
...line. (4) There is a personal touch in the final paragraph which declares his highest ambition to be "that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem." Certainly this gives a little glimpse into Lincoln's earliest aspiration, though "I was born and have... | |
 | James Morgan - 1908 - 510 pages
...opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them." He declared his greatest ambition was to "be truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far," he added, "I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed. I am young and unknown... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1910 - 192 pages
...state legislature, and, in accepting their leadership, he declared: "My greatest ambition is to be truly esteemed of my fellowmen by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life. If the good people in their wisdom... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1911 - 170 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 30 myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this... | |
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