 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. How far I shall succeed in gratifying...  St. Nicholas - Página 130editado por - 1906Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Clark Smith Beardslee - 1914 - 250 páginas
...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... | |
 | Asa Don Dickinson - 1916 - 238 páginas
...be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them. "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed. I am young, and unknown to many of you.... | |
 | John Thomas Richards - 1916 - 314 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...address issued at the beginning of this canvass: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...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 - 296 páginas
...as a candidate he issued the following statement: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that...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... | |
 | Samuel Scoville - 1918 - 100 páginas
...when he was only twentythree years old, he declared: Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not I can say for one that I...fellow-men by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. It was the recognition that he was really trying to serve them and not himself which gave him the confidence... | |
 | T. Aaron Levy - 1918 - 248 páginas
...discovered them to be erroneous. 32 "Every man," he observed, "is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that...fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem." 33 This illumines our limited knowledge of his attitude toward an essential problem of life. Lincoln... | |
 | Reuben M. Wanamaker - 1918 - 384 páginas
...circular. It will bear repetition here in this chapter: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of thenesteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed." In 1854, in... | |
 | Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 376 páginas
...to be erroneous I shall be ready to renounce them. Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that...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... | |
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