 | John Gilmary Shea - 1865 - 296 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,... | |
 | Rufus Spaulding Cushman - 1865 - 52 pages
...virtue, he was a Christian man. Listen to these words of his, as he left his home for Washington : 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... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 912 pages
...at the depot, on tho 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,... | |
 | Frank Crosby - 1865 - 506 pages
...occasion of his departure, he addressed in words replete with the pathos of every true manly nature : " 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 - 886 pages
...by 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...of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see yon again. A duty devolves upon me which is,... | |
 | Stella S. Coatsworth - 1865 - 636 pages
...none could prophesy with surety. At the Springfield depot he thus bade farewell to his neighbors : " 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,... | |
 | Frank Crosby - 1865 - 480 pages
...occasion of his departure, he addressed in words replete with the pathos of every true manly nature : " 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 - 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,... | |
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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... 
