 | Allen Thorndike Rice - 1888 - 802 páginas
...almost absolute power, he never abused it, except upon the side of mercy. Wealth could not purchase, power could not awe this divine, this loving man....the fear of doing wrong. Hating slavery, pitying the master—seeking to conquer, not persons, but prejudices—he was the embodiment of the selfdenial,... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 686 páginas
...almost absolute power, he never abused it, except upon the side of mercy. Wealth could not purchase, power could not awe, this divine, this loving man....the fear of doing wrong. Hating slavery, pitying the master—seeking to conquer, not persons, but prejudices—he was the embodiment of the self-denial,... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 346 páginas
...having almost absolute power, he never abused it except on the side of mercy. Wealth could not purchase, power could not awe, this divine, this loving man....the fear of doing wrong. Hating slavery, pitying the master—seeking to conquer, not persons, but prejudice—he was the embodiment of the self-denial,... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - 1900 - 508 páginas
...almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy. Wealth could not purchase, power could not awe, this divine, this loving man....persons, but prejudices — he was the embodiment of self-denial, the courage, the hope, and the nobility of a Nation. He spoke not to inflame, not to upbraid,... | |
 | William De Witt Hyde - 1900 - 504 páginas
...nothing for place, but everything for principle ; nothing for money, but everything for independence. He knew no fear except the fear of doing wrong. Hating...persons, but prejudices, he was the embodiment of the courage, the hope, the self-denial, the nobility of a nation. He spoke, not to inflame, not to upbraid,... | |
 | Enos Ballard Vail - 1915 - 170 páginas
...having almost absolute power he never abused, except on the side of mercy. Wealth could not purchase, power could not awe this divine, this loving man....persons, but prejudices — he was the embodiment of self-denial, the courage, the hope, and the nobility of a Nation. He spoke not to inflame, not to upbraid,... | |
 | Calvin Leslie Lewis - 1916 - 278 páginas
...Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it except on the side of mercy. Wealth could not awe this divine, this loving, man. He knew...raised his hands not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest Civil War. He is the gentlest memory of our world.... | |
 | Calvin Leslie Lewis - 1916 - 274 páginas
...Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it except on the side of mercy. Wealth could not awe this divine, this loving, man. He knew...the fear of doing wrong. Hating slavery, pitying the master—seeking to conquer not persons, but prejudices—he was the embodiment of the selfdenial,... | |
 | 1918 - 564 páginas
...and no successors. Wealth could not purchase, power could not awe, this divine, this loving man. ... He spoke, not to inflame, not to upbraid, but to convince....raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction." In speaking of Lincoln as this "divine, this loving man," Ingersoll struck the keynote of the great... | |
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Most people can bear adversity, but if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it except on the side of mercy. Wealth could not purchase... 