On the recordFebruary 22, 1842
We could not love the man who taught it--we could not hear him with patience.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
In a speech on temperance, Lincoln explains that an uncharitable message would alienate listeners, making it impossible to love or patiently hear the speaker.
Share
More from Abraham Lincoln
Mar 4, 1865
Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.
Mar 3, 1865
Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued favor of Almighty God.
Mar 13, 1865
Provost-marshals and marshals of the United States will arrest and commit to military custody all such offenders as shall disregard this order, whether they have passports or not, and they will be detained in such custody until the end of…
Other voices in this conversation
