For instance, do you suppose that I should have ever got into notice if I had waited to be hunted up and pushed forward by older men?” You must not wait to be brought forward by the older men. Announcement for office, March 9, 1832.How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet to be developed.” Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.
I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father’s child has.” “I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House.
Ambition and Opportunity – Civil War and Secession – Constitution – Criticism – Declaration of Independence – Democracy – Determination and Discipline – Education and Self-Development – Equality – Ethics and Honesty – God and Prayer – Grief and Mourning – Labor and Work – Life – Patience and Perseverance – Public Opinion and Persuasion – Reason and Argument – Slavery and Freedom – United States and Union – War and Soldiers
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