John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6665 Abraham Linoln 1809-1865 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6665 |
| AUTHOR: | Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) |
| QUOTATION: | Nobody has ever expected me to be president. In my poor, lean lank face nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Campaign Speech against Douglas. 1 |
| Note 1. They have seen in his [Douglas’s] round, jolly fruitful face, post-offices, land-offices, marshalships and cabinet-appointments, charge-ships and foreign missions, bursting out in wonderful exuberance, ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands. Ibid. [back] |