 I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell ; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as...  The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Page 378edited by - 1887Full view - About this book
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 536 pages
...in the power of the Whigs to make it so. For not giving you a general summary of news, you CHAP. x. must pardon me; it is not in my power to do so. I...human family, there would not be one cheerful face on oarth. Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I... | |
 | H. O. Mackey - Anecdotes - 1890 - 360 pages
...terrible fits of nervous depression. In one of his letters he writes: " I am now the most miserable being living. If what I feel were equally distributed to...Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell ; I awfully forbode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible ; I must die or be better, it appears to me."... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1891 - 582 pages
...him as he walked.' In an early letter to a friend, written in 1841, Lincoln remarked of himself, ' I am now the most miserable man living. If what I...better I cannot tell. I awfully forebode I shall not.' He did get better, but the dark shadow never altogether passed from his life. Among the people whom... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1891 - 580 pages
...him as he walked.' In an early letter to a friend, written in 1841, Lincoln remarked of himself, ' I am now the most miserable man living. If what I...better I cannot tell. I awfully forebode I shall not.' He did get better, but the dark shadow never altogether passed from his life. Among the people whom... | |
 | rev. George Barlow - 1891 - 182 pages
...to terrible fits of depression. In one of his letters he writes : "I am now the most miserable being living. If what I feel were equally distributed to...Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell ; I awfully f orbode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible ; I must die or be better." Hope presupposes... | |
 | Bible - 1892 - 672 pages
...to terrible fits of depression. In one of his letters he writes : "I am now the most miserable being living. If what I feel were equally distributed to...Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell ; I awfully forbode I shall not To remain as I am is impossible ; I must die or be better." Hope presupposes faith.... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...the deepest melancholy. (') Heart-rending the letter which he sent to his friend, Mr. Stuart: " I am the most miserable man living. If what I feel were...distributed to the whole human family, there would not be a cheerful face on earth. Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall... | |
 | charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...the deepest melancholy. (') Heart-rending the letter which he sent to his friend, Mr. Stuart : " I am the most miserable man living. If what I feel were...distributed to the whole human family, there would not be a cheerful face on earth. Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell ; I awfully forebode I shall... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 pages
...the deepest melancholy. (") Heart-rending the letter which he sent to his friend, Mr. Stuart: " I am the most miserable man living. If what I feel were...distributed to the whole human family, there would not be a cheerful face on earth. Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell ; I awfully forebode I shall... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 pages
...the deepest melancholy. (") Heart-rending the letter which he sent to his friend, Mr. Stuart: "I am the most miserable man living. If what I feel were...distributed to the whole human family, there would not be a cheerful face on earth. Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell ; I awfully forebode I shall... | |
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