 I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.  Scribner's Magazine - Page 20redigeeritud poolt - 1906Full view - About this book
 | 1922 - 694 lehte
...multitude as no other words could have done. Permit me to congratulate you. ME. EVEEETT: Mr. President, I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I...the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes. LINCOLN (Taking hat and moving towards door with Everett) : Now, Mr. Everett, I have heard and made... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 638 lehte
...the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two Edward minutes. My son who parted from me at Balti- to^tnSota, more, and my daughter, concur in this... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 576 lehte
...the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two Edward minutes. My son who parted from me at Balti- to Lincoln, more, and my daughter, concur in this... | |
 | Gilbert John Clark - 1895 - 434 lehte
...enduring of American orations." Edward Everett said of it in a letter to Lincoln: "I should be glad if I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." Malice Toward None. "With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as... | |
 | 1899 - 726 lehte
...England, said to President Lincoln the day following the dedication of the National Cemetery : ' ' I would be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near...occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." A friend of mine well observed : ' ' Those simple sentences of our martyred President are imbedded... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 476 lehte
...the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." It has always been a popular impression that Lincoln's speech was written upon the cars, en route to... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry - 1903 - 572 lehte
...day following, Mr. Everett said: "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." STUDY SUGGESTIONS: The following points are from Noble's Studies in American Literature: (1) One can... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 460 lehte
...oration of the day, wrote to Lincoln: " I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." Mrs. Lincoln remarks that her husband seemed to think "more than ever" on religious matters " about... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 394 lehte
...oration of the day, wrote to Lincoln: " I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." Mrs. Lincoln remarks that her husband seemed to think "more than ever" on religious matters " about... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 436 lehte
...the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes. My son, who parted from me at Baltimore, and my daughter concur in this sentiment. I remain, dear sir,... | |
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