A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position. Finally, he asked to be made a tide-waiter. When he saw he could not get that, he asked me for an old pair of trousers. It is sometimes well to be humble...


The Lincoln treasury (ed. 1950)

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position....

A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position....

A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position....

A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position....