 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.  Life and Sermons of Jonathan Allen . . - Página 222por Abigail Ann Maxson Allen - 1894 - 404 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1909 - 414 páginas
...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...buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. I go to assume a task more than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington.... | |
 | 1909 - 674 páginas
...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... | |
 | Anthony Gross - 1912 - 242 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1909 - 658 páginas
...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...children were born, and here one of them lies buried. A duty devolves upon me which is greater perhaps than that which has devolved upon any other man since... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1914 - 224 páginas
...have received nothing but kindness at your hands. Here, the most cherished ties of earth were assumed. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. To you, my Friends, I owe all that I have, all that I am. Today I leave you. I go to assume a task... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1915 - 110 páginas
...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... | |
 | Addison Gilbert Procter - 1918 - 46 páginas
...to say. With a heart full of emotion looking into their anxious upturned faces Mr. Lincoln said, "My friends — No one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To you I owe all that I am. Here I have lived for more than a quarter of a century, here my children were... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1920 - 362 páginas
...have received nothing but kindness at your hands. Here the most cherished ties of earth were assumed. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. To you, my friends, I owe all that I have—all that I am. All the strange checkered past seems to... | |
 | Josiah Grout - 1925 - 154 páginas
...made the following impressive, prophetic talk : *"My Friends: no one, not in my position, can realize the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people...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 Washington.... | |
 | Anna Maria Rose Wright - 1925 - 472 páginas
...he made to the crowd on the station platform and sent it over the telegraph wires as follows : "My Friends : No one not in my position can appreciate...children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I do not know how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than... | |
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