 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
 | 1911 - 448 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... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1912 - 428 pages
...measure people and things by these unsophisticated standards of personal worth and usefulness. 63 " 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," he wrote at the age of twenty-three, in his... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1912 - 440 pages
...measure people and things by these unsophisticated standards of personal worth and usefulness. 63 " Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have n6 other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men by rendering myself worthy of their... | |
 | 1914 - 394 pages
...angels." In an address to the people in his first canvass for the legislature he described it: "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." Such principles were in accord with... | |
 | 1914 - 398 pages
...canvass for the legislature he described it: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. WThether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed by my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem." Such principles were in accord with... | |
 | Clark Smith Beardslee - 1914 - 250 pages
...disappointments to be very much chagrined. " In the same speech he said: "I have no other (ambition) so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. " Here are three phrases that epitomize Lincoln's ideals and Lincoln's career: — "the most humble... | |
 | John Thomas Richards - 1916 - 314 pages
...a rule of conduct which seems to have been his guide through life. In speaking of ambition he said, "I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men by rendering myself worthy of their esteem." Again, his speech on the State Bank, before... | |
 | John Thomas Richards - 1916 - 312 pages
...a rule of conduct which seems to have been his guide through life. In speaking of ambition he said, "I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men by rendering myself worthy of their esteem." Again, his speech on the State Bank, before... | |
 | Alonzo Rothschild - 1917 - 406 pages
...to tell his "fellow-citizens," in a printed address issued at the beginning of this canvass: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether...fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem." 3 These phrases, stripped of their conventional wrappings, really meant that the writer had set his... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Gordy - 1917 - 294 pages
...legislature. When he had announced himself as a candidate he issued the following statement: "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," he added, "I shall succeed in gratifying... | |
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