 | Abigail Ann Allen - 1894 - 444 pages
...our morning lesson, words uttered by him as he was about to enter his mission. Listen to it: — " 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,... | |
 | Abigail Ann Allen - 1894 - 444 pages
...our morning lesson, words uttered by him as he was about to enter his mission. Listen to it: — "Mv 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,... | |
 | Samuel Giles Buckingham - 1894 - 572 pages
...president at such a critical time, will always hold a hallowed place in the hearts of true Americans. My friends, no one not in my position can appreciate...the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I one all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century. Here my children were born,... | |
 | 1895 - 328 pages
...carry them away in his big heart when he said : " My friends : No one not 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 to assume a task more difficult... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 312 pages
...SPEED. From "Herndon's Life of Lincoln," FAREWELL SPEECH. (Delivered at Springfield, Ill., February it, 1861.) MY FRIENDS: — No one, not in my position,...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,... | |
 | 1899 - 74 pages
...of the car he uttered the following words: "My friends: — No one, not 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 to assume a task more difficult... | |
 | William Livingstone - 1900 - 596 pages
...the depot by a large number of his friends and neighbors, to whom he addressed this brief farewell: "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... | |
 | Paul Selby - 1900 - 478 pages
...neighbors, who had assembled to witness his departure : "My Friends; No one not in my position can realize the sadness I .feel at this parting. To this people...than a quarter of a century. Here my children 'were bora, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. I go to assume a... | |
 | Joseph Thomas - 1901 - 1464 pages
...by which he was sustained through all the perils and darkness which surrounded his administration. " 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,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - 1902 - 888 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. 1 know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is,... | |
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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... 
