 Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him, 'Blondin, stand up a little straighter —...  Practical Argumentation - Страница 172по George Kynett Pattee - 1909 - 363 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1916 - 402 страници
...characteristic of the man. It created a good feeling and they went away satisfied. He said: "Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it into the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1917 - 404 страници
...to criticize certain features of his administration, he responded as follows: " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope : would you shake the cable and keep shouting to him, '... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Gordy - 1917 - 294 страници
...complaints of his failures, Lincoln said to them: "Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth were in gold and you had put it in the hands of Blondin [the most famous of tight-rope walkers], to carry across the Niagara River on a rope. Would you shake the... | |
 | 1899 - 488 страници
...complain of certain acts of his administration, he made the following response: "Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him:... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1924 - 320 страници
...The President heard them patiently and then replied: "Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were was in gold and you had put it in the hands of Blondin, to carry across the Niagara River on a rope. Would you shake the cable or keep shouting at him, 'Blondin,... | |
 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1928 - 494 страници
...of the administration. President Lincoln heard them patiently, and then replied: "Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope; would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency - 1955 - 200 страници
...exhibitions of walking across the gorge of Niagara Falls on a cable. "Gentlemen," he said, "suppose all the property you were worth was in gold and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable or keep shouting out at him... | |
 | Dale Carnegie, Dorothy Carnegie - 1977 - 228 страници
...critics during a crucial period of the Civil War: Gentlemen, I want you to suppose a case for a moment. Suppose that all the property you were worth was in...rope-walker, to carry across the Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Would you shake the rope while he was passing over it, or keep shouting to him, "Blondin,... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 страници
...Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, p. 19. 731 Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him—... | |
 | Mortimer R. Feinberg, John J. Tarrant - 1995 - 292 страници
...had come to criticize him vociferously about something or other. Lincoln suggested to them, "Suppose all the property you were worth was in gold and you had put it in the hands of Blondin [the world-famous French tightrope walker] to carry across the Niagara River on a rope. Would you shake... | |
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