Men are merely on a lower or higher stage of an eminence, whose summit is God's throne infinitely above all; and there… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The Land of Israel will be small, but the people of Israel will make it great. Not in opulence, but in eminence… — Abba Hillel Silver Copy Share Image
Many a man has risen to eminence under the powerful reaction of his mind in fierce counter-agency to the scorn of the… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
I spent on the Other Earth many "other years," wandering from mind to mind and country to country, but I did not… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
I affect no contempt for the high eminence he [Senator Stephen Douglas] has reached. So reached, that the oppressed of my species,might… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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![“I affect no contempt for the high eminence he [Senator Stephen Douglas] has reached. So reached, that the oppressed of my species,might have shared with me in the elevation, I would rather stand on that eminence, than wear the richest crown that ever pressed a monarch's brow.” quote by Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0d1/abraham-lincoln-88_ambition_i-affect-no-contempt-for-the-high-eminen_2296058.jpg)
