 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 878 pages
...at the depot, on the occasion of his departure, whom, with deep emotion, he addressed as follows : MY FRIENDS : No one, not in my position, can appreciate...of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is,... | |
 | Charles Henry Hall - 1865 - 34 pages
...farewell to his neighbors, on leaving them, Feb. 11, 1861, have now a fresh and mournful interest : MY FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate...of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me, which... | |
 | William Turner Coggeshall - 1865 - 342 pages
...apart for the use of himself, family and personal friends, and made the following farewell address : " MY FRIENDS : — No one not in my position can appreciate...of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is,... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - 1865 - 306 pages
...and neighbors in these words, which, read at the present time, have indeed a mournful interest : " MY FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate...of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is,... | |
 | George Washington Bacon - 1865 - 206 pages
...by which he was sustained in the very difficult and trying position to which he was called : — " My friends, no one not in my position can appreciate...of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 840 pages
...large -concourse of his friends and neighbors, whom he bade farewell in the following words : — Mr FRIENDS : — No one not in my position can appreciate...of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies huried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is,... | |
 | Troy (N.Y.). Citizens - 1865 - 404 pages
...large concourse of his fellow citizens had assembled to bid him farewell. ' My friends,' he said, ' no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness...of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soou I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is,... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - 1865 - 322 pages
...When he left Springfield in 1861 to assume the Presidency, his farewell words were as follows : " ' MY FRIENDS : — No one not in my position can appreciate...Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; tere my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 848 pages
...a large concourse of his friends and neighbors, whom he bade farewell in the following words : — MY FRIENDS : — No one not in my position can appreciate...that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a centnry ; here ray children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1865 - 866 pages
...a large concourse of his friends and neighbors, whom he bade farewell in the following words : — MY FRIENDS : — No one not in my position can appreciate...I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a qnarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how... | |
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MY FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not... 
