 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.  Lincoln, Master of Men: A Study in Character - Stran 44avtor: Alonzo Rothschild - 1906 - 531 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1887 - 996 strani
...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...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... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 strani
...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...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... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 598 strani
...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...other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellowmen by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall sutceed in gratifying this ambition... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1920 - 572 strani
...him And makes me poor indeed." The great ambition of the great Lincoln, in his own words, was to be "truly esteemed of my fellow men by rendering myself worthy of their esteem." This primary and precious right solemnly proclaimed in Holy Writ, in the lives and literature of our... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1882 - 430 strani
...However, upon the subjects of which I have treated I have spoken as I have thought. . . . Every man 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." His opponents made fun of his appearance wherever... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 718 strani
...shall be ready to renounce them. (Address to the people of Sangamon County in 1832 or 1833.) Every man 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. (Address to the people of Sangamon County,... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 536 strani
...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...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... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 544 strani
...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...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... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 412 strani
...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...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... | |
 | David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 248 strani
...to hinder him." XX " Suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation." XX "Every man 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." XX " Slavery is founded in the selfishness... | |
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