 I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells...  Eloquence of the United States - Seite 2801827Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Daniel Lynch - 1881 - 570 Seiten
...and respect the people ; but many things acquired by the favor of either, are, in my account, objects not worth, ambition. I wish POPULARITY, but it is...justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong, upon this occasion, to gain the huzzas of thousands,... | |
 | Great orators - 1881 - 242 Seiten
...people ; but many things acquired by the favour of either are, in my account, objects not worthy of ambition. I wish popularity, but it is that popularity...justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion, to gain the huzzas of thousands,... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - 1904 - 256 Seiten
...mind, and the color and conduct of my life, have given me a suit of armor against these arrows. * * * I wish popularity, but it is that popularity which...justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion, to gain the huzzas of thousands,... | |
 | Chauncey F. Black, Samuel B. Smith - 1881 - 556 Seiten
...true popularity has succeeded among all intelligent persons, which, in the words of Lord Mansfield, " never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means." From the very commencement of his career on the State Bench, and through all the following years, opportunities... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 526 Seiten
...and respect the people ; but many things required by the favour of either are, in my account, objects not worth ambition. I wish popularity ; but it is...justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion, to gain the huzzas of thousands,... | |
 | 1882 - 1042 Seiten
...and respect the people, but many things acquired by the favor of either are, in my account, objects not worth ambition. I wish popularity, but it is that...justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion to gain the, huzzas of thousands... | |
 | James Paterson - 1882 - 546 Seiten
...and respect the people, but many things acquired by the favour of either are in my account objects not worth ambition. I wish popularity ; but it is...justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion to gain the huzzas of thousands,... | |
 | William Haig Miller - 1884 - 216 Seiten
...grandly expressed himself: "I wish," he said, "popularity; but it is that popularity which follows, and not that which is run after. It is that popularity...justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong, to gain the huzzas of thousands. I will not... | |
 | Charles Coppens - 1885 - 318 Seiten
...bound to say, ' Fiat justitia, ruat ccelum !' ... I wish popularity, but it is that popularity that follows, not that which is run after. It is that popularity...justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion to gain the huzzas of thousands,... | |
 | Charles Coppens - 1885 - 320 Seiten
...bound to say, ' Fiat justitia, ruat coslum !' ... I wish popularity, but it is that popularity that follows, not that which is run after. It .is that...justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion to gain the huzzas of thousands,... | |
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