Abraham Lincoln Quote

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)


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....