 He was a man without vices. He had a strong sense of duty which it was very easy for him to obey. Then he had what farmers call a long head ; was excellent in working out the sum for himself, in arguing his case and convincing you fairly and firmly. Then...  Emerson's Complete Works: Miscellanies - Page 309by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | John Gilmary Shea - History - 1865 - 300 pages
...fortune attended him. Lord Bacon says : "Manifest virtues procure reputation; occult ones, fortune." He offered no shining qualities at the first encounter:...arguing his case, and convincing you fairly and firmly. this man was sound to the core, cheerful, persistent, all right for *labor, and liked nothing so well.... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - History - 1865 - 296 pages
...reputation; occult ones, fortune." He offered no shining qualities at the first encounter: he did not oifend by superiority. He had a face and manner which disarmed...arguing his case, and convincing you fairly and firmly. this man was sound to the core, cheerful, persistent, all right for labor, and liked nothing so well.... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...had a face and manner which disarmed suspicion, which inspired confidence, which confirmed good will. He was a man without vices. He had a strong sense...call a long head; was excellent in working out the BUiu for himself; in arguing his case, and convincing you fairly and firmly. Then it turned out that... | |
 | 1873 - 850 pages
...triumph by the hand of an assassin, on the 15th of April, 1865. * Abraham Lincoln,' says Emerson, ' was a man without vices. He had a strong sense of duty, which he readily obeyed. He grew according to the need ; his mind mastered the problem of the day, and as... | |
 | Walter K. Fobes - Recitations - 1899 - 266 pages
...had a face and manner which disarmed suspicion, which inspired confidence, which confirmed good will; he was a man without vices; he had a strong sense...firmly. Then it turned out that he was a great worker and with a prodigious faculty of performance worked easily. Then he had a vast good-nature which made... | |
 | Law - 1903 - 658 pages
...which make Lincoln pre-eminent. Ralph Waldo Emerson has said: ''Lincoln was a plain man of the people. He had a face and manner which disarmed suspicion,...sense of duty which it was very easy for him to obey. He had a vast good nature which made him tolerant and accessible to all. His broad good-humor, running... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 602 pages
...funeral discourse delivered at Concord, Mass., April 19, 1865 : " Lincoln was a plain man of the people. He had a face and manner which disarmed suspicion,...sense of duty which it was very easy for him to obey. He had a vast good - nature which made him tolerant and accessible to all. His broad good-humor, running... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 548 pages
...shrewd and conservative in affairs, lofty in purpose, determined in action, and magnanimous in victory. which inspired confidence, which confirmed goodwill....sense of duty which it was very easy for him to obey. He had a vast good - nature which made him tolerant and accessible to all. His broad good-humor, running... | |
 | Education - 1899 - 726 pages
...a face and manner which disarmed suspicion, which inspired confidence, which confirmed good will ; he was a man without vices ; he had a strong sense...firmly. Then it turned out that he was a great worker and with a prodigious faculty of performance worked easily. — Emerson. EVERYTHING I most value of... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1900 - 448 pages
...qualities at the first encounter- he rKd not offend by stiperiority. He had a face and manner ,. 'iich disarmed suspicion, which inspired confidence, which...fairly and firmly. Then it turned out that he was a greater worker, and that, having prodigious faculty of performance, he worked easily. A good worker... | |
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