Lincoln's Ambition
This postcard contains the following quote from a speech Abraham Lincoln gave on March 9, 1832, to the people of Sangamon county while running for the state assembly: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. 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."
- Date:
- 1908
- Original Format:
- Postcard
- Item#:
- MES13939
- Height:
- 1631px
- Width:
- 1029px
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