 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1865 - 838 halaman
...all of his later speeches, letters, and messages. Once he said : " I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." Just after the last presidential election he said: "Being... | |
 | 1865 - 828 halaman
...all of his later speeches, letters, and messages. Once he said : "I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." Just after the last presidential election he said : " Being... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 524 halaman
...his office developed very rapidly Mr. Lincoln's religious nature. " I have been driven," he said, " many times to my knees, by the overwhelming conviction...nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day. I should be the most presumptuous blockhead upon this footstool,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 510 halaman
...office developed very rapidly Mr. Lincoln's religious nature. " I have been driven," he said, " manj times to my knees, by the overwhelming conviction...nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me. seemed insufficient for that day. I should be the most presumptuous blockhead upon this footstool,... | |
 | 1873 - 860 halaman
...strength which is promised when mortal help faileth. He said once, ' I have been many times driven to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day.' At another time he said, ' I am very sure that if I do... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 218 halaman
...assistance was often extremely touching. " I HAVE been driven many times to my knees," he once remarked, " by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day." V THE NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT. In Oak Ridsie Cemetery,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 228 halaman
...assistance was often extremely touching. " I HAVE been driven many times to my knees," he once remarked, " by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day." THE NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT. In Oak Ridge Cemetery,... | |
 | 1881 - 302 halaman
...others. At least we may always do this : we may give the sorrowful a look of sympathy and interest. I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming...nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day. — Abraham Lincoln. Ten persons will repent of a sin for... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1882 - 430 halaman
...without being assured, as far as I could be, of His approbation." At another time he said to friends, " I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go." And again, " I should be the most presumptuous blockhead upon this footstool, if I for one day thought... | |
 | Charles Maltby - 1884 - 340 halaman
...divine guidance and assistance, was often expressed with much tenderness and feeling. He once remarked : "I have been driven many times to my knees by the...nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day and occasion." On another occasion he said: "I should consider... | |
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I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day and occasion. 
