 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1921 - 292 pages
...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 is yet to...thrown exclusively upon the independent voters of the county, and if elected they will have conferred a favor upon me for which I shall be unremitting in... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc - 1924 - 322 pages
...that of being truly esteemed of my fellowmen, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to...relations or friends to recommend me. My case is thrown on the country; and, if elected, they will have conferred a favor upon me for which I shall be unremitting... | |
 | American literature - 1896 - 644 pages
...fellowmen by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition b yet to be developed. I am young, and unknown to many...thrown exclusively upon the independent voters of the county ; and, if elected, they will have conferred a favor upon me for which I shall be unremitting... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - Lincoln family (Samuel Lincoln, 1619?-1690) - 1924 - 456 pages
...more or less misgivings; his humility, his constitutional sense of inferiority, comes out at the end. "I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life," he said. "I have no wealthy or popular relations or friends to recommend me. ... If the good people... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Presidents - 1925 - 586 pages
...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 is yet to...remained, in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealth or popular relations or friends to recommend me. My case is thrown exclusively upon the independent... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1926 - 544 pages
...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 is yet to...thrown exclusively upon the independent voters of the county; and, if elected, they will have conferred a favor upon me for which I shall be unremitting... | |
 | Thomas P. Reep - New Salem (Menard County, Ill.) - 1927 - 158 pages
...that of being truly esteemed by my fellow-men by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet...remained, in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealth or popular relations or friends to recommend me. My case is thrown exclusively upon the independent... | |
 | Wayland Farries Vaughan - Behaviorism (Psychology) - 1928 - 340 pages
...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 is yet to...remained, in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealth or popular relations or friends to recommend me. My case is thrown exclusively upon the independent... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Presidents - 1925 - 584 pages
...many of you. I was born, and have ever remained, in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealth or popular relations or friends to recommend me. My...thrown exclusively upon the independent voters of the county; and, if elected, they will have conferred a favor upon me for which I shall be unremitting... | |
 | Jan Hartman - Drama - 1970 - 28 pages
...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, is yet...developed. I am young and unknown to many of you." ABE. I'm quite familiar, Bow. BOWLING GREEN. This is a declaration of modesty, not of running for legislative... | |
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My case is thrown exclusively upon the independent voters of the county ; and, if elected, they will have conferred a favor upon me for which I shall be unremitting in my labors to compensate. But, if the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep... 
