 He offered no shining qualities at the first encounter; he did not offend by superiority. He 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 of duty,...  Miscellanies - Page 315by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Gilmary Shea - History - 1865 - 306 pages
...fortune." He offered no shining qualities at the first encounter: he did not offend by superiority. He had a face and manner which disarmed suspicion, which...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
...fortune." He offered no shining qualities at the first encounter: he did not oifend by superiority. He had a face and manner which disarmed suspicion, which...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 - 878 pages
...fortune." He offered no shining qualities at the first encounter ; he did not offend by superiority. He 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 of duty which it was very easy for him... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...fortune." He offered no shining qualities at the first encounter ; he did not offend by superiority. He 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 of duty which it was very easy for him... | |
 | 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
...attended him. He offered no shining qualities at first encounter, he did not offend by superiority ; he 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 of duty which it was very easy for him... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 438 pages
...him. He offered no shining qualities at the first encounter ; he did not offend by superiority. He had a face and manner which disarmed suspicion, which...it was very easy for him to obey. Then, he had what fanners call a long head ; was excellent in working out the sum for himself ; in arguing his case and... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...fortune.' He offered no shining qualities at the first encounter; he did not offend by superiority. He 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 of duty, which it was very easy for him... | |
 | Law - 1903 - 658 pages
...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, which...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
...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, which...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... | |
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