 | Wayne Whipple - 1908 - 762 pages
...before him, and gave them utterance in a pathetic formal farewell to the gathering crowd, as follows : "My Friends, — No one not in my position can appreciate...have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my chilclren were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A... | |
 | Francis Grant Blair - 1908 - 80 pages
...neighbors, but the whole country was in tears.] "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 far more... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1909 - 414 pages
...a model. I quote it entire. It is as follows : " 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 than... | |
 | 1909 - 674 pages
...the traditional American trust in God when he said to the neighbors who had come to say farewell : " My friends, no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since... | |
 | J. Martin Rohde - 1911 - 364 pages
...departing for Washington, soon to be inaugurated President over a broken Union, Abraham Lincoln said, "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,... | |
 | Louis Howland - 1911 - 312 pages
...solemn words that he addressed to his friends and neighbors of Springfield when he was leaving them: "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 soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is,... | |
 | Anthony Gross - 1912 - 242 pages
...eve of his departure for Washington, February n, 1861: "My friends, 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 to assume a task more difficult... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1909 - 658 pages
...after his election, alone and without an escort, to be inaugurated as President. "My friends," said he, "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. A duty devolves upon me which is greater perhaps than that which has devolved... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1915 - 326 pages
...appeared on the rear platform of the car where he bade farewell to his neighbors in the following 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... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1915 - 110 pages
...stenographic report of a newspaper correspondent, who was himself an avowed infidel: "My Friends:—No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To these people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children... | |
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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... 
