 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 336 pages
...broke out. Abraham joined a volunteer company, and, to his own surprise, was elected captain of it. He says he has not since had any success in life which gave him so much satisfaction. He went to the campaign, served near three months, met the ordinary hardships of such an expedition,... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1908 - 762 pages
...given three-fourths of the men gathered around Lincoln. In his curious third-person biography Lincoln says he was elected, "to his own surprise;" and adds,...success in life which gave him so much satisfaction. " Lincoln himself was not familiar with military tactics, and made many blunders of which he used to... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1908 - 764 pages
...given three-fourths of the men gathered around Lincoln. In his curious third-person biography Lincoln says he was elected, "to his own surprise;" and adds,...success in life which gave him so much satisfaction. " Lincoln himself was not familiar with military tactics, and made many blunders of which he used to... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1909 - 294 pages
...for captain. When the order was given, three-fourths of the men gathered around Lincoln. In Lincoln's third-person autobiography he says he was elected...coarsest texture. Flint-lock rifles were the usual arm, though here and there a man had a Cramer. Over the shoulder of each was slung a powder-horn. The... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - Biography & Autobiography - 1912 - 426 pages
...came to him in his unexpected election by the men of his company to the honorable office of captain. " He has not since had any success in life which gave him so much pleasure," he confessed in middle age. Since a certain amount of sweet is good for soul as well as... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1920 - 362 pages
...Abraham joined a volunteer company, and, to his own surprise, was elected captain of it. He says be has not since had any success in life which gave him so much satisfaction. He went to the campaign, served near three months, met the ordinary hardships of such an expedition,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1921 - 292 pages
...broke out. Abraham joined a volunteer company, and, to his own surprise, was elected captain of it. He says he has not since had any success in life which gave him so much satisfaction. He went to the campaign, iserved near three months, met the ordinary hardships of such an expedition,... | |
 | American literature - 1896 - 644 pages
...^.1;'-- **» HI ..;' the I:nr • n • iijrirJiAUur.ii.-~ QLN, AS CAPTAIN. Lincoln.* In Lincoln's curious third-person autobiography he says he was...were equipped alike. Buckskin breeches prevailed. There was a sprinkling of coon-skin caps, and the blankets were of the coarsesttexture. Flintlock rifles... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 1926 - 526 pages
...game." And of young Abraham's election as captain of the New Salem Black Hawk War company, he noted, "He says he has not since had any success in life which gave him so much satisfaction." In the Scripps sketch, as printed in the Tribtme columns, a sentence read, "A friend says that once,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1927 - 474 pages
...broke out. Abraham joined a volunteer company, and, to his own surprise, was elected captain of it. He says he has not since had any success in life which gave him so much satisfaction. He went to the campaign, served near three months, met the ordinary hardships of such an expedition,... | |
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Abraham joined a volunteer company, and, to his own surprise, was elected captain of it. He says he has not since had any success in life which gave him so much satisfaction. He went to the campaign, served near three months, met the ordinary hardships... 
