 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 600 pages
...such a question coming from him. The officer evidently knew what sort of reply was expected. He said: A man irresolute, but of honest intentions; born a...aristocrats; kind in spirit and not envious, but anxious for CHAP. xn. approval, especially of those to whom he has been accustomed to look up — hence solicitous... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 598 pages
...such a question coming from him. The officer evidently knew what sort of reply was expected. He said : A man irresolute, but of honest intentions ; born...poor white, in a slave State, and of course among aristoSEWABD AND CHASE Warden, " Life of s. P. Chase," p. 605. Sept. 21, 1863. crats ; kind in spirit... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1897 - 874 pages
...whom the Secretary describes as " wellread and extremely intelligent," declared the President to be "a man irresolute, but of honest intentions ; born...in a slave State, and of course among aristocrats," " without the large mind necessary to grasp great questions," and "ready to lean too much on others,"... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 pages
...whom the Secretary describes as " wellread and extremely intelligent," declared the President to be "a man irresolute, but of honest intentions ; born...in a slave State, and of course among aristocrats," " without the large mind necessary to grasp great questions," and " ready to lean too much on others,"... | |
 | Alonzo Rothschild - 1906 - 576 pages
...grievance against the administration, what he thought of the President. The officer answered: — " A man irresolute, but of honest intentions ; born...approval, especially of those to whom he has been accustotned to look up — hence solicitous of support of the slaveholders in the Border States, and... | |
 | Bartow Adolphus Ulrich - 1916 - 446 pages
...Hunter. It is stated that the latter once told a friend of Salmon P. Chase, that "Abraham Lincoln was a man irresolute, but of honest intentions ; born a poor white in a slave state, and among aristocrats ; kind in spirit and not envious, but anxious for the approval of those especially... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 566 pages
...description of Lincoln which General Hunter gave, and which Chase recorded with evident agreement: A man irresolute, but of honest intentions; born a...among aristocrats ; kind in spirit and not envious, and anxious for approval, especially of those to whom he has been accustomed to look up — hence solicitous... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 564 pages
...poor white in a slave state, and, of course, among aristocrats ; kind in spirit and not envious, and anxious for approval, especially of those to whom...to look up — hence solicitous of support of the slave owners in the border states, and unwilling to offend them; without the large mind necessary to... | |
 | Salmon Portland Chase - 1993 - 894 pages
...Halleck. He said, "He has ability and knowledge, but does not make an earnest study of the War — does not labor to get clear ideas of positions, conditions...born a poor white in a Slave State, and, of course, 63. Stephen A. Douglas. H means Halpine, not Hunter. among aristocrats — kind in spirit and not envious,... | |
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A man irresolute but of honest intentions — born a poor white in a slave state, and of course among aristocrats — kind in spirit and not envious, but anxious for approval, especially of those to whom he has been accustomed to look up — hence solicitous... 