 I am thankful to God for this approval of the people; but while deeply grateful for this mark of their confidence in me, if I know my heart, my gratitude is free from any taint of personal triumph. I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me....  St. Nicholas - Page 1087edited by - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Wayne Whipple - 1908 - 762 pages
...gratitude is free from any taint of personal triumph. I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me. It is no pleasure to me to triumph over any one, but...stand by free government and the rights of humanity. " Washington in Lincoln's Time, Noah Brooks, page 218. "I Believe We Can Manage It Together and Make... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1908 - 828 pages
...gratitude is free from any taint of personal triumph. I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me. It is no pleasure to me to triumph over any one, but...stand by free government and the rights of humanity. " Washington in Lincoln's Tim*, Noah Brooks, page 218. "I Believe We Can Manage It Together and Make... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller, Edward Bailey Eaton - 1910 - 188 pages
...do not impugn the motive of anyone who opposed me. It is no pleasure to me to triumph over anyone, but I give thanks to the Almighty for this evidence...stand by free government and the rights of humanity." Photograph of Lincoln about the time of his second election as President in 1861 — Original negative... | |
 | Shelby Moore Cullom - 1911 - 534 pages
...their confidence in me, if I know my heart, my gratitude is free from any taint of personal triumph, but I give thanks to the Almighty for this evidence...stand by free government and the rights of humanity." And again in that eloquent, simple little response which he made to the joint committee of Congress... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1912 - 426 pages
...the serenaders he found waiting for him when he left the War Department in the early morning hours to return to the White House: " I am thankful to God...stand by free government and the rights of humanity." At the next cabinet meeting the President took a paper from his desk. It had a series of autographs... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1912 - 460 pages
...God for this approval of the people; but while deeply grateful for this mark of their confidence 310 in me, if I know my heart, my gratitude is free from...stand by free government and the rights of humanity." At the next cabinet meeting the President took a paper from his desk. It had a series of autographs... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1913 - 660 pages
...personal triumph. It is not in my nature to triumph over anyone; but I give thanks to Almighty God for this evidence of the people's resolution to stand by free government and the rights of humanity." While the election returns were coming in, early in the evening, Lincoln was at the War Department... | |
 | Joseph Bucklin Bishop - 1916 - 350 pages
...gratitude is free from any taint of personal triumph. I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me. It is no pleasure to me to triumph over any one, but...stand by free government and the rights of humanity.' " CHAPTER VII LAST DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR THE convention of 1860 brought keen... | |
 | Clark Prescott Bissett - 1916 - 74 pages
...do not impugn the motives of anyone opposed to me. It is no pleasure to me to triumph over anyone, but I give thanks to the Almighty for this evidence...stand by free government and the rights of humanity." Again, some days later, in answer to another serenade, he said: "Alas ! The rebellion continues. And... | |
 | Bartow Adolphus Ulrich - 1916 - 446 pages
...mark of a confidence in me, if I know my heart, my gratitude is free from taint of personal triumph, but I give thanks to the Almighty for this evidence...stand by free government and the rights of humanity." CHAPTER XV. PRESIDENT LINCOLN VISITS RICHMOND WITH ADMIRAL PORTER, APRIL 4TH, 1865 — SHERIDAN OVERTAKES... | |
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