 | 1890 - 724 pages
...Washington, the Civil War having already taken shape, to those assembled at the train, he spoke: " No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel in parting. A duty devolves upon me which perhaps, is greater than has devolved on any other since... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1891 - 426 pages
...a large concourse of his friends and neighbors, whom he bade farewell in the following words I—- MY FRIENDS : — No one not in my position can appreciate...of a century ; here my children were born, and here 01. is of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty i volves upon me which... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - 1891 - 484 pages
...life.332 On leaving his home in Springfield for Washington in 18G1, he said : My friends, — No one . . . can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting....of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. ... A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 414 pages
...the following beautiful and touching 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... | |
 | Orson Blair Curtis - 1891 - 502 pages
...who had assembled at the depot to bid him good-bye, from the platform of his car he spoke as follows: My Friends: No one not in my position can appreciate...this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived over a quarter of a century. Here my children were born and here one of them lies buried. I know not... | |
 | Orson Blair Curtis - 1891 - 500 pages
...appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived over 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... | |
 | Thomas Valentine Cooper - 1892 - 1144 pages
...parting with his friends at Springfield, he said: " 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... | |
 | Thomas Valentine Cooper, Hector Tyndale Fenton - 1892 - 932 pages
...parting with his friends at Springfield, he said: " My Friends : No one, in my position, can realize in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our p ÿ quarter of a century. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how... | |
 | Lucius Eugene Chittenden - 1893 - 456 pages
...it, and Christ is God." Never was farewell more touching than his to his Springfield neighbors : " To this people I owe all that I am ; here I have lived...of a century ; here my children were born and here one of them lies buried. I go to perform a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington.... | |
 | Samuel Giles Buckingham - 1894 - 574 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...of a century. Here my children were born, and here oue of them is 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... 
