 | Jeremiah Chaplin, Jane Dunbar Chaplin - 1874 - 550 pages
...soon I shall see you again,' and then, with prophetic voice, announced that a duty devolved upon him greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington, and asked his friends to pray that he might receive that divine assistance without which he could not... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1874 - 524 pages
...soon I shall see you again/ and then, with prophetic voice, announced that a duty devolved upon him greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington, and asked his friends to pray that he might receive that divine assistance without which he could not... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1874 - 1956 pages
...lived more than a quarter of a centnry; 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 npon any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded, except for the aid... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 486 pages
...AM. HERE HAVE I LIVED FOB MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY J HERE MY CHILDREN WERE BORN, AND HERE ONE OF THEM LIES BURIED. I KNOW NOT HOW SOON I SHALL SEE...DEVOLVED UPON ANY OTHER MAN SINCE THE DAYS OF WASHINGTON. No MAN COULD HAVE SUCCEEDED, EXCEPT BY THE AID OF DlVINE PROVIDENCE, UPON WHICH HE AT ALL TIMES RELIED.... | |
 | Henry Wilson - 1877 - 814 pages
...for more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater...any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I... | |
 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - 1885 - 604 pages
...first deliverer. When leaving his home to save that Nation's threatened life, he said to his friends: "A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved upon any man since the days of Washington." "He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence,... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1880 - 328 pages
...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 how soon I shall see...other man, since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he, at all times, relied.... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1881 - 550 pages
...was leaving them, " I know not how soon I shall see you again. I go to assume a task more difficult than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington." He had nobly accomplished his task ; and this was the manner of his home-coming. A week before the assassination,... | |
 | Thomas Valentine Cooper - 1892 - 1144 pages
...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 how soon I shall see you again. I go to assume a task more difficult than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days... | |
 | Abigail Ann Maxson Allen - 1894 - 444 pages
...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 how soon I shall see...any other man since the days of Washington He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I... | |
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A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot... 
