 | Gilbert John Clark - 1895 - 434 páginas
...enduring of American orations." Edward Everett said of it in a letter to Lincoln: "I should be glad if I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." Malice Toward None. "With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as... | |
 | 1899 - 726 páginas
...England, said to President Lincoln the day following the dedication of the National Cemetery : ' ' I would be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near...occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." A friend of mine well observed : ' ' Those simple sentences of our martyred President are imbedded... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 476 páginas
...the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." It has always been a popular impression that Lincoln's speech was written upon the cars, en route to... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry - 1903 - 572 páginas
...day following, Mr. Everett said: "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." STUDY SUGGESTIONS: The following points are from Noble's Studies in American Literature: (1) One can... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 394 páginas
...oration of the day, wrote to Lincoln: " I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." Mrs. Lincoln remarks that her husband seemed to think "more than ever" on religious matters " about... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 460 páginas
...oration of the day, wrote to Lincoln: " I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." Mrs. Lincoln remarks that her husband seemed to think "more than ever" on religious matters " about... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 436 páginas
...the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes. My son, who parted from me at Baltimore, and my daughter concur in this sentiment. I remain, dear sir,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 394 páginas
...the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes. My son, who parted from me at Baltimore, and my daughter concur in this sentiment." *TELEGRAMS TO GENERAL... | |
 | Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews - 1906 - 72 páginas
...occasion. Everett listened thoughtfully and when the chief had done, "Mr. President," he said simply, "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I...occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." But Lincoln shook his head and laughed and turned to speak to a newcomer with no change of opinion... | |
 | MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS - 1906 - 96 páginas
...occasion. Everett listened thoughtfully and when the chief had done, "Mr. President," he said simply, "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I...occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." But Lincoln shook his head and 1 18 1 THE PERFECT TRIBUTE laughed and turned to speak to a newcomer... | |
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I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes. 
