Lincoln Year
The Lincoln Year Book: Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator
作者：Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 [Compiler]
体例：题 章数：43
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章节目录
共 43 题- THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK
- THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK
- AXIOMS AND APHORISMS FROM THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR
- COMPILED BY _WALLACE RICE_
- COMPILER OF "THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK"
- I esteem foreigners as no better than other people--nor any worse.
- I will try, and do the best I can.
- I want Christians to pray for me; I need their prayers.
- I shall do nothing in malice.
- I shall, to the best of my ability, repel force by force.
- I say "try," for if we never try, we never succeed.
- I trust I shall be willing to do my duty, though it costs my life.
- I was young once, and I am sure I was never ungenerously thrust back.
- I shall write my papers myself. The people will understand them.
- I bring a heart true to the work.
- I intend discourtesy to no one.
- I do not argue--I beseech you to make the argument for yourself.
- I am not afraid to die.
- I authorize no bargains, and will be bound by none.
- I know that liberty is right.
- I don't pretend to be bright.
- Preach God and liberty to the "bulls" and "bears."
- I only beg that you will not ask impossibilities of me.
- I am nothing, but truth is everything.
- I can only trust in God that I have made no mistake.
- I shall stay right here and do my duty.
- I am older in years than I am in the tricks and trades of politicians.
- I have more pegs than holes to put them in.
- I will try to go to God with my sorrows.
- I have done just as much as, and no more than, the public knows.
- It is not "Can any of us imagine better?" but "Can we all do better?"
- I am glad to find a man who can go ahead without me.
- I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me.
- I hope to be false to nothing you have been taught to expect of me.
- I hope I am a Christian.
- I have done all I could for the good of mankind.
- I can't take pay for doing my duty.
- I have not willingly planted a thorn in any man's bosom.
- I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice.
- I am not at liberty to shift my ground, that is out of the question.
- I wish to see all men free.
- A. C. MCCLURG & CO. CHICAGO
- End of Project Gutenberg's The Lincoln Year Book, by Abraham Lincoln