 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...  Studies in American History - Page 368by Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - 1891 - 431 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1877 - 226 pages
...finely do they illustrate his simple, beautiful, and kind nature : — " No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting....this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived for more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried.... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 572 pages
...concourse of his fellow-citizens, whom he addressed as follows: "Mr FRIENDS — No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting....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, perhaps, greater than... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 560 pages
...whom he addressed as follows : " Mr FRIENDS — No one not in my position can appreciate the Badness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have livei more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried.... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1862 - 850 pages
...shaken hands with a number of friends, he spoke as follows : MY FEIENDS: No one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting....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, perhaps, greater than... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862 - 764 pages
...his fellow-citizens at Springfield in these grave words : " MY FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting....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, perhaps, greater than... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1862 - 554 pages
...concourse of his fellow-citizens, whom he addressed as follows: "Mi FRIENDS — No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting....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, perhaps, greater than... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1862 - 830 pages
...shaken hands with a number of friends, he spoke as follows : MY FBIENDS: No one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting....here my children were born, and here one of them lies iJuried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater... | |
 | 1863 - 796 pages
...he then stepped on tie platform and spoke as follows: " My friends : No one not in my portion сал appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here 1 ha« lived more than a quarter of a century. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1864 - 96 pages
...almost forbidding utterance, Mr. .Lincoln thus addressed the multitude before his departure: — " My friends, no one can appreciate the sadness I feel...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 perhaps greater than that... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...departure, whom, with deep emotion, he addressed as follows : MY FRIENDS : No one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting....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, perhaps, greater than... | |
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