 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1880 - 330 pages
...his home in Springfield, 111., Feb. 11, 1861, he made the following farewell address to his friends : "My friends, no one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness I feel at parting. To this people I owe all I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1882 - 614 pages
...ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO THE CITIZENS OF SPRINGFIELD, ON HIS DEPARTURE FOR. WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY I ITH, l86l. 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 M. Thayer - 1882 - 430 pages
...gathered at the depot for a parting hand-shake. From the platform of the cars he addressed the company : " 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 on me which is... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver - 1883 - 612 pages
...the sadness that I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived for more than a quarter 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 Maltby - 1884 - 340 pages
...depot, surrounded by a large assembly of his friends and neighbors, he bade them farewell, 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... | |
 | David W. Lusk - 1884 - 586 pages
...was never in Springfield again, alive — he addressed them in this feeling and pathetic manner : " 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 will see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is... | |
 | Thomas Valentine Cooper, Hector Tyndale Fenton - 1884 - 530 pages
...parting with hia friends at Springfield, he said: " My Friendi : No one, in my position, can realize the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people...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. I go in assume a task more difficult... | |
 | Daniel Webster Whittle - 1885 - 394 pages
...1861, on his way to Washington, he made the following farewell address to his friends and neighbors : " My friends, no one not in my position can appreciate...sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all I am. Here I hare lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one... | |
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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... 
