... if it should so happen that nobody else wishes to be elected, I could not refuse the people the right of sending me again. But to enter myself as a competitor of others, or to authorize any one so to enter me, is what my word and honor forbid. Abraham Lincoln: A History - Página 287por John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Abraham Lincoln - 1989 - 946 páginas
...candidate again, more from a wish to deal fairly with others, to keep peace among our friends, and to keep the district from going to the enemy, than for...so to enter me, is what my word and honor forbid. I got some letters intimating a probability of so much difficulty amongst our friends as to lose us... | |
| David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 724 páginas
...be reelected, he replied that his word and honor forbade him to enter the race, but he added coyly, "If it should so happen that nobody else wishes to...refuse the people the right of sending me again." II His expectations were quickly dashed. In Washington nobody paid much attention to his resolutions,... | |
| Michael Burlingame - 1997 - 418 páginas
...promised other aspirants that he would not run again, he did not want to go back on his word. If, however, "it should so happen that nobody else wishes to be...refuse the people the right of sending me again." Lincoln to Herndon, Washington, 8 Jan. 1848, in Basler, CWL, 1:431. 56. Lincoln to Josiah M. Lucas,... | |
| Paul M. Zall - 2003 - 220 páginas
...candidate again, more from a wish to deal fairly with others, to keep peace among our friends, and to keep the district from going to the enemy, than for...any cause personal to myself; so that if it should happen that nobody else wishes to be elected I could not refuse the people the right of sending me... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 2006 - 292 páginas
...candidate again, more from a wish to deal fairly with others, to keep peace among our friends, and to keep the district from going to the enemy, than for...myself as a competitor of others, or to authorize anyone so to enter me, is what my word and honor forbid. 1 got some letters intimating a probability... | |
| |