 The dignity of his thought owes nothing to any ceremonial garb of words, but to the manly movement that comes of settled purpose and an energy of reason that knows not what rhetoric means. There has been nothing of Cleon, still less of Strepsiades striving...  Political essays - Stran 255avtor: James Russell Lowell - 1904Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1866 - 662 strani
...Strepsiades striving to underbid him in demagogism, to be found in the public utterances of Mr. Lincoln. He always addressed the intelligence of men, never their prejudice, their passion, or their ignorance. Mr. Johnson is the first of our Presidents who has descended to the stump, and spoken to the people... | |
 | 1866 - 672 strani
...Strepsiades striving to underbid him in demagogism, to be found iu the public utterances of Mr. Lincoln. He always addressed the intelligence of men, never their prejudice, their passion, or their ignorance. Mr. Johnson is the first of our Presidents who has descended to the stump, and spoken to the people... | |
 | 1870 - 444 strani
...is a paragraph, written after Lincoln's death, and from which we take these striking sentences : " On the day of his death, this simple Western attorney,...according to one party was a vulgar joker, and whom the doctrin aires among his own supporters accused oi wanting every element of statesmanship, was the most... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 350 strani
...wind, to a goose-flesh of opposition and hostility. Mr. Lincoln has never studied Quinctilian ; but he has, in the earnest simplicity and unaffected Americanism...element of statesmanship, was the most absolute ruler in ChrisI tendom, and this solely by the hold his good-humored sagacity had laid on the hearts and understandings... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 108 strani
...The world should once more have a poet, Such as it had In the ages glad, Long ago ! ABRAHAM LINCOLN. ON the day of his death, this simple Western attorney,...wanting every element of statesmanship, was the most ahsolute ruler in Christendom, and this solely by the hold his good-humored sagacity had laid on the... | |
 | Wells Hawks Skinner - 1897 - 282 strani
...possible for Lincoln to acquire a style of such remarkable quality. FROM LOWELL'S "ABRAHAM LINCOLN." On the day of his death, this simple western attorney,...vulgar joker, and whom the doctrinaires among his own suppjrters accused of wanting every element of statesmanship, was the most absolute ruler in Christendom,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 122 strani
...reason that knows not what rhetoric means. There has been nothing of Cleon, still less of Strepsiades 2 striving to underbid him in demagogism, to be found...ignorance. On the day of his death, this simple Western attoihe ney, who according to one party was a vulgar jota he and whom the doctrinaires among his own... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 110 strani
...reason that knows not what rhetoric means. There has been nothing of Cleon, still less of Strepsiades 2 striving to underbid him in demagogism, to be found...their prejudice, their passion, or their ignorance. Iff On the day of his death, this simple Western attorN^ ney, who according to one party was a vulgar... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - 1900 - 508 strani
...bestowed by the enjoyment of mere material prosperity. — From " American Ideals," Theodore Roosevelt. On the day of his death, this simple Western attorney,...according to one party, was a vulgar joker, and whom some of his own supporters accused of wanting every element of statesmanship, was the most absolute... | |
 | Henry Ketcham - 1901 - 516 strani
...so true and tender, The patriot's stay, the people's trust, The shield of the offender. JR Lowell : On the day of his death, this simple Western attorney,...was a vulgar joker, and whom the doctrinaires among liis own supporters accused of wanting every element of statesmanship, was the most absolute ruler... | |
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